Reinforcement

Noun

 * 1) The act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
 * 2) A thing that reinforces.
 * 3)  Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
 * 4)  The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

Derived terms

 * negative reinforcement
 * positive reinforcement
 * primary reinforcement

Adjectives for Reinforcement
enormous; seasonable; material; welcome; momentary: unexpected.

Thesaurus
Pavlovian conditioning, accelerando, acceleration, accession, accessory, accompaniment, accouterment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjunction, adjuvant, advocate, affirmation, affixation, agglutination, aggravation, alpenstock, amplitude, annex, annexation, antinode, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, arm, armament, athletic supporter, attachment, attestation, augment, augmentation, authentication, auxiliaries, back, backbone, backing, backing up, bandeau, bearer, bearing out, beefing-up, behavior, blowing up, blowup, bolster, bolstering, bra, brace, bracer, bracing, bracket, brassiere, buttress, buttressing, cane, carrier, case hardening, catering, certification, cervix, chandlery, circumstantiation, coda, complement, concentration, concomitant, condensation, conditioned response, conditioning, confirmation, consolidation, continuation, corollary, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, corset, crest, crook, crutch, de Broglie wave, deepening, diffraction, documentation, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, endowment, enhancement, equipment, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, extension, extrapolation, finding, fitting out, fixture, forces, fortification, foundation garment, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, fulcrum, furnishing, furnishment, girdle, guided wave, guy, guywire, hardening, heating-up, heightening, in phase, increase, increment, information explosion, instrumental conditioning, intensification, interference, investment, invigoration, jock, jockstrap, joining, junction, juxtaposition, light, logistics, longitudinal wave, magnification, mainstay, maintainer, mast, mechanical wave, men, neck, negative reinforcement, node, offshoot, operant conditioning, out of phase, outfitting, pendant, period, periodic wave, personnel, pickup, population explosion, positive reinforcement, prefixation, preparation, procurement, proof, prop, providing, proving, proving out, provision, provisioning, psychagogy, purveyance, radio wave, ratification, ray, redoubling, reeducation, reflex, refreshment, reinforce, reinforcements, reinforcer, reinvigoration, relief, reorientation, replenishment, reserve forces, reserves, resonance, resonance frequency, rest, resting place, restrengthening, resupply, retailing, revivification, rigging, seismic wave, selling, shock wave, shoulder, shroud, side effect, side issue, soldiers, sound wave, speedup, spine, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, step-up, stick, stiffener, strengthener, strengthening, subsidization, subsidy, substantiation, subvention, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplement, supplementation, supply, supplying, support, supporter, supporting evidence, surface wave, sustainer, tailpiece, tempering, tidal wave, tightening, transverse wave, trough, unconditioned reflex, undergirding, uniting, upholder, validation, verification, victualing, walking stick, wave, wave equation, wave motion, wave number, wavelength

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