\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.