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Enforcement

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

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Coercion 76% connected

The act or process of coercing.

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Execution 76% connected

The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

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Implementation 76% connected

Turning a plan or policy into actual practice.

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Imposition 76% connected

The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

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Infliction 76% connected

The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

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Implement 74% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Implement 74% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impose 74% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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Impose 74% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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