Australian English Meaning of discipline

Discipline

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Definitions and Meaning of discipline in English

Wordnet

discipline (n)

a branch of knowledge

a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

the trait of being well behaved

training to improve strength or self-control

the act of disciplining

Wordnet

discipline (v)

develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

Webster

discipline (n.)

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.

Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.

Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.

The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.

Webster

discipline (v. t.)

To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

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