enforcement.

Action taken to ensure that rules, laws, or obligations are followed.

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Words that belong together

• law enforcement
• enforcement of standards

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Weak enforcement undermined the new safety standards.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.