reinforcement Definition

reinforce
verb

1. To strengthen or give additional support to something.

Thesaurus: strengthen, supplement, bolster, steel, augment, fortify, support, buttress; Antonym: undermine, weaken.
2. To stress or emphasize.

Example: reinforced his argument
3. To make (an army, force, etc) stronger by providing additional soldiers, weapons, etc.

Derivative: reinforcement

The act of reinforcing.

Anything which reinforces.

Soldiers, weapons, etc added to an army, force, etc to make it stronger.
Thesaurus: support, reserves, backup, auxiliaries.

Etymology: 17c: from French renforcer.