'Discipline' definitions:

Definition of 'discipline'

(from WordNet)
noun
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" [syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick]
noun
A system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";
noun
The trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops" [ant: indiscipline, undiscipline]
noun
Training to improve strength or self-control
noun
The act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received" [syn: discipline, correction]
verb
Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline, train, check, condition]
verb
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: discipline, correct, sort out]

Definition of 'Discipline'

From: GCIDE
  • Discipline \Dis`ci*pline\, n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See Disciple.]
  • 1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral. [1913 Webster]
  • Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill. [1913 Webster]
  • Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, Obey the rules and discipline of art. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience. [1913 Webster]
  • The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate us. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. [1913 Webster]
  • Giving her the discipline of the strap. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Eccl.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (R. C. Ch.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Eccl.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.
  • Syn: Education; instruction; training; culture; correction; chastisement; punishment. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Discipline'

From: GCIDE
  • Discipline \Dis"ci*pline\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disciplined; p. pr. & vb. n. Disciplining.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.]
  • 1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Ill armed, and worse disciplined. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct. [1913 Webster]
  • Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
  • Syn: To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'discipline'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Discipline'