REINFORCEMENT

• (noun) 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 support"

  synonyms : reenforcement , support

• (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

  synonyms : reward

• (noun) a device designed to provide additional strength

  "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener", "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"

  synonyms : strengthener

• (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

  synonyms : reinforcer , reinforcing stimulus

• (noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing

  "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"

  synonyms : reenforcement

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