enforcement

noun
/ɪnˈfɔːsm(ə)nt/UK/ɪnˈfoɹsm(ə)nt/US

Etymology

From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.

  1. derived from infortiāre
  2. derived from enforcier
  3. inherited from enforcen
  4. suffixed as enforcement — “enforce + ment

Definitions

  1. The act of enforcing

    The act of enforcing; compulsion.

    • [M]en lyued ſimplye and innocentlye without inforcement of lawes, without quarellinge Judges and libelles, contente onely to ſatiſfie nature, without further vexation for knowledge of thinges to come.
  2. A giving force to

    A giving force to; a putting in execution.

  3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to

    That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enforcement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01enforcement02compulsion03perform04pattern05annoyance06annoyed07unwanted08wanted

A definitional loop anchored at enforcement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at enforcement

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA