All disciplining synonyms

verb disciplining

• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
• put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
• back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
• backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
• sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
• fine — of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
• contemn — to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
• amerce — to punish by a fine
• denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
• dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• mulct — to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.; swindle.
• impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
• throw the book at — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
• incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
• dress — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• iterate — to utter again or repeatedly.
• lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• recite — to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
• ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
• sharpen — knife: make sharper
• ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
• build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
• remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
• go over — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
• shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• try out — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
• cut up — If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
• dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.