ALL meanings of discipline
dis·ci·pline
D d - noun discipline child: teaching good behaviour 1
- noun discipline self-control 1
- noun discipline area of study 1
- noun discipline practice, dedication to a skill 1
- noun discipline physical exercise: martial arts, etc. 1
- transitive verb discipline child: teach to behave 1
- transitive verb discipline employee: reprimand 1
- noun discipline punishment 1
- transitive verb discipline child: punish 1
- noun discipline training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline. 1
- noun discipline activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer. 1
- noun discipline punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. 1
- noun discipline the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.: the harsh discipline of poverty. 1
- noun discipline behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control: good discipline in an army. 1
- noun discipline a set or system of rules and regulations. 1
- noun discipline Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine. 1
- noun discipline 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. 1
- noun discipline a branch of instruction or learning: the disciplines of history and economics. 1
- verb with object discipline to train by instruction and exercise; drill. 1
- verb with object discipline to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control. 1
- verb with object discipline to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise. 1
- noun discipline The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience. 1
- uncountable noun discipline Discipline is the practice of making people obey rules or standards of behaviour, and punishing them when they do not. 0
- uncountable noun discipline Discipline is the quality of being able to behave and work in a controlled way which involves obeying particular rules or standards. 0
- variable noun discipline If you refer to an activity or situation as a discipline, you mean that, in order to be successful in it, you need to behave in a strictly controlled way and obey particular rules or standards. 0
- verb discipline If someone is disciplined for something that they have done wrong, they are punished for it. 0
- verb discipline If you discipline yourself to do something, you train yourself to behave and work in a strictly controlled and regular way. 0
- countable noun discipline A discipline is a particular area of study, especially a subject of study in a college or university. 0
- noun discipline training or conditions imposed for the improvement of physical powers, self-control, etc 0
- noun discipline systematic training in obedience to regulations and authority 0
- noun discipline the state of improved behaviour, etc, resulting from such training or conditions 0
- noun discipline punishment or chastisement 0
- noun discipline a system of rules for behaviour, methods of practice, etc 0
- noun discipline a branch of learning or instruction 0
- noun discipline the laws governing members of a Church 0
- noun discipline a scourge of knotted cords 0
- verb discipline to improve or attempt to improve the behaviour, orderliness, etc, of by training, conditions, or rules 0
- verb discipline to punish or correct 0
- noun discipline a branch of knowledge or learning 0
- noun discipline training that develops self-control, character, or orderliness and efficiency 0
- noun discipline strict control to enforce obedience 0
- noun discipline the result of such training or control 0
- noun discipline self-control or orderly conduct 0
- noun discipline acceptance of or submission to authority and control 0
- noun discipline A controlled behaviour; self-control. 0
- noun discipline a system of rules, as for a church or monastic order 0
- noun discipline An enforced compliance or control. 0
- noun discipline treatment that corrects or punishes 0
- noun discipline A systematic method of obtaining obedience. 0
- verb transitive discipline to subject to discipline; train; control 0