ENFORCEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enforcement" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enforcement"):

coercion (the act of compelling by force of authority)

carrying out; execution; implementation (the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order)

imposition; infliction (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))

law enforcement (ensuring obedience to the laws)

Derivation:

enforce (ensure observance of laws and rules)

enforce (compel to behave in a certain way)