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discipline
[ dis-uh-plin ]
noun
- training to act in accordance with rules; drill:
military discipline.
- an activity, exercise, or regimen that develops or improves a skill; training:
Sticking to specific and regular mealtimes is excellent discipline for many dieters.
- a branch of instruction or learning:
the disciplines of history and economics.
- punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Synonyms: castigation, chastisement
- the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.:
the harsh discipline of poverty.
- behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control:
good discipline in an army.
- a set or system of rules and regulations.
- Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.
- an instrument of punishment, especially a whip or scourge, used in the practice of self-mortification or as an instrument of chastisement in certain religious communities.
discipline
/ ˈdɪsɪˌplɪnəl; ˈdɪsɪplɪn; ˌdɪsɪˈplaɪnəl /
noun
- training or conditions imposed for the improvement of physical powers, self-control, etc
- systematic training in obedience to regulations and authority
- the state of improved behaviour, etc, resulting from such training or conditions
- punishment or chastisement
- a system of rules for behaviour, methods of practice, etc
- a branch of learning or instruction
- the laws governing members of a Church
- a scourge of knotted cords
verb
- to improve or attempt to improve the behaviour, orderliness, etc, of by training, conditions, or rules
- to punish or correct
Derived Forms
- disciplinal, adjective
- ˈdisciˌpliner, noun
- ˈdisciˌplinable, adjective
Other Words From
- dis·ci·pli·nal [dis, -, uh, -pl, uh, -nl, -plin-l, dis-, uh, -, plahyn, -l], adjective
- dis·ci·plin·er noun
- mul·ti·dis·ci·pline noun
- non·dis·ci·plin·ing adjective
- o·ver·dis·ci·pline verb overdisciplined overdisciplining
- pre·dis·ci·pline noun verb (used with object) predisciplined predisciplining
- re·dis·ci·pline verb (used with object) redisciplined redisciplining
- sub·dis·ci·pline noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of discipline1
Word History and Origins
Origin of discipline1
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Example Sentences
In their wins over England and Wales, their traditional flamboyance was married with discipline and steel, a hybrid of classic Wallaby swagger and the ruthless efficiency their coach, Joe Schmidt, perfected as coach of Ireland.
Turns out they were just disciplining their son.
She aimed her essay, though, on a change she sensed was underway in the discipline of art history.
She says the “big idea” came from parents who wanted something to give them a real flavour of the school, such as how important sport was or the approach to discipline.
Any employees who obstructed or delayed an investigation, the email said, could be disciplined or fired under county policies.
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