Definition of "enactment" []

• The act of enacting. (noun)
• The state of being enacted. (noun)
• Something that has been enacted: "Dance itself is the enactment of an energy which must seem . . . untrammeled, effortless, masterful” ( Susan Sontag). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth"
• "Looks like the Plains of Abraham battle re-enactment is not a go."
• "The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth — and is likely to become a rallying cry for disaffected Republicans, independents and, yes, Democrats."