discipline
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discipline
- /ˈdɪsɪplɪn/ UK
- /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ Canada, US
- [ˈd̥ɪsɪ̽plɪ̈n] Canada, US
- /ˈdɪsəplən/ Canada, US
- /ɖɪˈsɪplɪn/ South Asia
Where it comes from
From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”), from discipulus (“pupil”), influenced by disco (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).
noun disciplines
- A controlled behaviour; self-control. The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
- An enforced compliance or control. The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience. Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
- A state of order based on submission to authority. Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control. giving her the discipline of the strap
- A whip used for self-flagellation. 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.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice. Near-synonyms: specialty, speciality, specialism
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
verb disciplines · disciplining · disciplined
- To train someone by instruction and practice.
- To teach someone to obey authority.
- To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- To impose order on someone.
Similar: drill
