Synonyms for enforcement
en·force·ment

Princeton's WordNet

1. enforcementnoun

   the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

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1. • Social Control

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1. enforcementnoun

   Synonyms:
   inculcation

2. enforcementnoun

   Synonyms:
   sanction

3. enforcementnoun

   Synonyms:
   execution, putting in force

4. enforcementnoun

   Synonyms:
   constraint, compulsion

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1. List of paraphrases for "enforcement":

   implementation, execution, outturn, application, law-enforcement, coercive, implementing, compliance, delivery, executing, fulfilment, enforcing, suppression, executive, observance, enforceability, exequatur, performance, enforce, implement, coercion, imposition, police, assent

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1. Bryant McGill:

   When trying to teach someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary and more from the way the boundary was established.

2. President Barack Obama:

   The importance of making sure that the sense of accountability when, in fact, law enforcement is involved in a deadly shooting is something that I think communities across the board are going to need to consider, we have a great opportunity, coming out of some great conflict and tragedy, to really transform how we think about community law enforcement relations so that everybody feels safer and our law enforcement officers feel, rather than being embattled, feel fully supported.

3. Ron DeSantis:

   While other states have turned their backs on law enforcement, even calling to ‘defund the police,’ in Florida we continue to support the men and women in law enforcement, i am proud to propose larger and longer-lasting measures to help our state recruit and retain the best law enforcement officers in the nation and to provide $1,000 bonuses for first responders and law enforcement officers….

4. Bob Menendez:

   Over the last four years the world has skewed dramatically to the right on the question of enforcement -- the wall, we have enough Border Patrol [ agents ] to put hands across the border almost, and [ more ] ICE agents, and the' stay in Mexico' policy, the list is endless, on the enforcement side, that's all we've had for the last four years. It's a recognition that there has been a lot of enforcement out there ; and second, a recognition there are better ways to do enforcement.

5. Calvin Coolidge:

   I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.