reinforcements

1. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its missionExamples: "they called for artillery support"Synonyms: reenforcement, reinforcement, support

2. information that makes more forcible or convincingExamples: "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"Synonyms: reenforcement, reinforcement

3. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced itSynonyms: reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus

4. a device designed to provide additional strengthExamples: "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"Synonyms: reinforcement, strengthener

5. an act performed to strengthen approved behaviorSynonyms: reinforcement, reward