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discipline
[ dis-uh-plin ]
noun
- training to act in accordance with rules; drill:
military discipline.
- an activity, exercise, or regimen that develops or improves a skill; training:
Sticking to specific and regular mealtimes is excellent discipline for many dieters.
- a branch of instruction or learning:
the disciplines of history and economics.
- punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Synonyms: ,
- the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.:
the harsh discipline of poverty.
- behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control:
good discipline in an army.
- a set or system of rules and regulations.
- Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.
- 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.
discipline
/ ˈdɪsɪˌplɪnəl; ˈdɪsɪplɪn; ˌdɪsɪˈplaɪnəl /
noun
- training or conditions imposed for the improvement of physical powers, self-control, etc
- systematic training in obedience to regulations and authority
- the state of improved behaviour, etc, resulting from such training or conditions
- punishment or chastisement
- a system of rules for behaviour, methods of practice, etc
- a branch of learning or instruction
- the laws governing members of a Church
- a scourge of knotted cords
verb
- to improve or attempt to improve the behaviour, orderliness, etc, of by training, conditions, or rules
- to punish or correct
Derived Forms
- disciplinal, adjective
- ˈ徱ˌԱ, noun
- ˈ徱ˌԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- 徱···Բ [dis, -, uh, -pl, uh, -nl, -plin-l, dis-, uh, -, plahyn, -l], adjective
- 徱··· noun
- ܱ·پ·徱··Ա noun
- ԴDz·徱···Բ adjective
- ··徱··Ա verb overdisciplined overdisciplining
- ·徱··Ա noun verb (used with object) predisciplined predisciplining
- ·徱··Ա verb (used with object) redisciplined redisciplining
- ܲ·徱··Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of discipline1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of discipline1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Even though we make a lot of films in Mexico and there are great crews here, there’s a different discipline over there,” he says.
“I’m very disciplined with my lifestyle — borderline monk status at this point. Discipline and obedience is like the new rebellion to me.”
Meanwhile, Bardella, like the RN in general, has been on a highly disciplined mission to detoxify the party's once overtly racist and antisemitic brand.
Fear was a junior ice dancer but Gibson was new to the discipline.
"Boxing has taught me a lot life lessons including discipline and resilience, and we may fight in the ring, but outside when we see each other in town or whatever, we're all mates."
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