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Definition of Discipline

1. Verb. Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control. "Is this dog trained?"

2. Noun. A branch of knowledge. "Anthropology is the study of human beings"

3. Verb. Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

4. Noun. A system of rules of conduct or method of practice. "For such a plan to work requires discipline"

5. Noun. The trait of being well behaved. "He insisted on discipline among the troops"

6. Noun. Training to improve strength or self-control.

7. Noun. The act of punishing. "The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

Definition of Discipline

1. n. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

2. v. t. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

Definition of Discipline

1. Noun. A controlled behaviour; self-control ¹

2. Noun. An enforced compliance or control ¹

3. Noun. A systematic method of obtaining obedience ¹

4. Noun. A state of order based on submission to authority ¹

5. Noun. A punishment to train or maintain control ¹

6. Noun. A set of rules regulating behaviour ¹

7. Noun. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification ¹

8. Noun. A specific branch of knowledge or learning ¹

9. Noun. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs, or a sub-category of said activity. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To impose order on someone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discipline

1. [v -PLINED, -PLINING, -PLINES]

Medical Definition of Discipline

1. 1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral. "Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity." (Bacon) "Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience." (C. J. Smith) 2. Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill. "Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, Obey the rules and discipline of art." (Dryden) 3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience. "The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard." (Rogers) 4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. "A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate s." (Macaulay) 5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. "Giving her the discipline of the strap." (Addison) 6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. (Bp. Wilkins) 7. The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member. 8. Self- inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge. 9. A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline. Synonym: Education, instruction, training, culture, correction, chastisement, punishment. Origin: F. Discipline, L. Disciplina, from discipulus. See Disciple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discipline

discipleship discipleships discipless disciplesses disciplic disciplinable disciplinableness disciplinal disciplinant disciplinarian

disciplinarians disciplinarily disciplinarities disciplinarity disciplinary disciplined disciplineless discipliner discipliners disciplines

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