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noun
1.
training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
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activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.
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punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
4.
the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.: the harsh discipline of poverty.
5.
EXPANDbehavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control: good discipline in an army.
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a set or system of rules and regulations.
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Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.
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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.
9.
COLLAPSEa branch of instruction or learning: the disciplines of history and economics.
verb (used with object)
10.
to train by instruction and exercise; drill.
11.
to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control.
12.
to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin disciplīna instruction, tuition, equivalent to discipul(us) disciple + -ina -ine2
1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin disciplīna instruction, tuition, equivalent to discipul(us) disciple + -ina -ine2
Related forms
dis·ci·plin·er, noun
mul·ti·dis·ci·pline, noun
non·dis·ci·plin·ing, adjective
o·ver·dis·ci·pline, verb, -plined, -plin·ing.
EXPANDpre·dis·ci·pline, noun, verb (used with object), -plined, -plin·ing.
re·dis·ci·pline, verb (used with object), -plined, -plin·ing.
sub·dis·ci·pline, noun
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Word Origin & History
discipline
early 13c., from O.Fr. descepline, from L. disciplina "instruction given to a disciple," from discipulus (see disciple). Sense of "treatment that corrects or punishes" is from notion of "order necessary for instruction." The Latin word is glossed in O.E. by þeodscipe.
Meaning
EXPAND"branch of instruction or education" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "military training" is from late 15c.; that of "orderly conduct as a result of training" is from c.1500. The verb is attested from c.1300. Related: Disciplined; disciplines.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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