discipline

1. 1

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.countableuncountable

   • The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
2. 2

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; An enforced compliance or control.countableuncountable

   • The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline.
3. 3

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; A systematic method of obtaining obedience.countableuncountable

   • Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
4. 4

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; A state of order based on submission to authority.countableuncountable

   • Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
5. 5

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; A set of rules regulating behaviour.countableuncountable

6. 6

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; A punishment to train or maintain control.countableuncountable

   • giving her the discipline of the strap
7. 7

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; A punishment to train or maintain control.countableuncountable

   • All she had done was give Teena a cilice, a barbed metal chain she was to tie around her thigh for two hours every day, and a discipline, a rope whip with knotted ends she was to use on her back when she prayed the Hail Mary.
8. 8

   A controlled behaviour; self-control.; A punishment to train or maintain control.countableuncountable

9. 9

   A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.countableuncountable

   • Near-synonyms: specialty, speciality, specialism
   • academic disciplines
10. 10

    A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.; A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.countableuncountable

1. 1

   To train someone by instruction and practice.transitive

2. 2

   To teach someone to obey authority.transitive

3. 3

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

4. 4

   To impose order on someone.transitive

syn. drill