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self-enforcement

  • a word derived from self-enforcing.
    self-enforcing
    adjective
    of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.

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A recent TikTok video that has more than 3.4 million views captured the spirit of self-enforcement.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2020

He said they responded well, committing to self-enforcement.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2020

Deans called the current regulatory approach “an honor system” that “smacks of exactly the kind of self-enforcement that the independent commission found to be a fatal flaw” in the BP blowout.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2020

The insular, largely autonomous world of the federal court system -- spread among 12 regional circuits and 94 judicial districts -- itself provides unique challenges of self-enforcement, when workplace issues are being addressed nationwide.

From Fox News ● Dec. 31, 2018

The feeling was, with the SEC, that with such self-enforcement they wouldn't have to step up their own enforcement.

From Time Magazine Archive

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