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View synonyms for reinforcement
reinforcement
[ ree-in-fawrs-muhnt, -fohrs- ]
noun
- the act of reinforcing.
- the state of being reinforced.
- something that reinforces or strengthens.
- Often reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force.
- a system of steel bars, strands, wires, or mesh for absorbing the tensile and shearing stresses in concrete work.
- Psychology.
- a procedure, as a reward or punishment, that alters a response to a stimulus.
- the act of reinforcing a response.
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- nonre·in·forcement noun
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