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1. (military) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
   "they called for artillery reinforcement";
   - support, reenforcement
    
2. Information that makes more forcible or convincing
   "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints";
   - reenforcement
    
3. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behaviour that produced it
   - reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer
    
4. A device designed to provide additional strength
   "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook";
   - strengthener
    
5. An act performed to strengthen approved behaviour
   - reward

Derived forms: reinforcements

Type of: approval, approving, blessing, confirmation, device, input, military operation, op [informal], operation, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus

Encyclopedia: Reinforcement