1. The act of enforcing; compulsion; force applied.
2. That which gives energy or effect; sanction. The penalties of law are enforcements.
3. Motive of conviction; urgent evidence.
4. Pressing exigence; that which urges or constrains.
5. In a general sense, any thing which compels or constrains; any thing which urges either the body or the mind.
6. A putting in execution; as the enforcement of law.