Synonyms for enforce
ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrsen·force

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1. enforce

   To execute is to follow through to the end, put into absolute and final effect in action; to administer is to conduct as one holding a trust, as a minister and not an originator; the sheriff executes a writ; the trustee administers an estate, a charity, etc.; to enforce is to put into effect by force, actual or potential. To administer the laws is the province of a court of justice; to execute the laws is the province of a sheriff, marshal, constable, or other executive officer; to administer the law is to declare or apply it; to execute the law is to put it in force; for this enforce is the more general word, execute the more specific. From signifying to superintend officially some application or infliction, administer passes by a natural transition to signify inflict, mete out, dispense, and blows, medicine, etc., are said to be administered: a usage thoroughly established and reputable in spite of pedantic objections. Enforce signifies also to present and urge home by intellectual and moral force; as, to enforce a precept or a duty. Compare DO; KILL; MAKE.

   Synonyms:
   administer, carry out, do, execute, perform

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1. enforce

   Synonyms:
   urge, compel, require, exact, exert, strain

   Antonyms:
   relax, waive, forego, remit, abandon

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. enforce, implement, applyverb

   ensure observance of laws and rules

   "Apply the rules to everyone";

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, follow out, carry out, follow through, implement, employ, give, go through, hold, utilise, put on, follow up, use, impose, practice, put through, utilize, go for, apply

   Antonyms:
   free, relieve, exempt

2. enforce, imposeverb

   compel to behave in a certain way

   "Social relations impose courtesy"

   Synonyms:
   implement, bring down, visit, levy, impose, inflict, apply

   Antonyms:
   free, relieve, exempt

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1. enforceverb

   Synonyms:
   give force to, urge with energy, set forth strongly, impress on the mind

2. enforceverb

   Synonyms:
   put in execution, put in force

3. enforceverb

   Synonyms:
   constrain, compel, oblige, force, require

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1. List of paraphrases for "enforce":

   implement, impose, apply, enforcing, uphold, implementation, assert, enforcement, implementing, execute

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1. Rick Scott:

   You can pass a law to require people to do drills but you can’t make them do it, you can pass a law to say they have to have law enforcement there every hour. Doesn’t mean they do it because somebody has to enforce it. You can pass a law that says you have to do mental health assessments, but ultimately it’s got to be done by people locally.

2. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference. (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)

3. President Barack Obama:

   After I took office, I made clear that one of the principal achievements of this body -- the nuclear non-proliferation regime -- was endangered by Iran's violation of the NPT, on that basis, the (U.N.) Security Council tightened sanctions on the Iranian government, and many nations joined us to enforce them. Together, we showed that laws and agreements mean something.

4. Luca Tosoni:

   This means that any attempt by such another member state to enforce restrictive requirements on similar services is likely to face an uphill battle going forward.

5. Royce Murray:

   Any work that local police are doing to enforce immigration law means they’re not spending their time pursuing other public safety matters.