enforcement

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 13.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of enforcing; compulsion.
2. noun A giving force to; a putting in execution.
3. noun That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

Similar words

coercion coercive imposition forced duress crackdown achievement punishment achieving penalty

Often followed by

of and agencies officers officials is in agency action

Word family

enforce enforced enforces enforcing