Antonyms for enforce

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-fawrs, -fohrs

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs

Definition of enforce

Origin : early 14c., "to drive by physical force;" mid-14c., "make an effort; strengthen a place; compel," from Old French enforcier or from en- (1) "make, put in" + force. Related: Enforced; enforcing.

verb put a rule, plan in force

Example sentences :

I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Accordingly orders were given to enforce the Navigation Act.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

This is the proposition which I intended to enforce in the present section.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

All that has been said, then, tends to enforce the culture of the imagination.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

They might enforce on them a total abolition of inheritance and bequest.'
Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton

He had had to enforce laws which some people looked upon as unjust.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various

The Parliament levied a stamp tax, but could not enforce it.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 » by Various

Thus, although law by now, it was a law that no one troubled just yet to enforce.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

This one shall atone in the small measure we can enforce from him.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

It was left to Nature to enforce what Garin could not achieve.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for enforce

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