En*force"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF.
enforcement.] 1. The act of enforcing;
compulsion.
He that contendeth against these enforcements
may easily master or resist them.
Sir W.
Raleigh.
Confess 't was hers, and by what rough
enforcement
You got it from her.
Shak.
2. A giving force to; a putting in
execution.
Enforcement of strict military
discipline.
Palfrey.
3. That which enforces, constraints, gives
force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
The rewards and punishment of another life, which the
Almighty has established as the enforcements of his
law.
Locke.