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dis·ci·pline
[dis-uh-plin] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -plined, -plin·ing.
[dis-uh-plin] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -plined, -plin·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline. |
| 2. | activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer. |
| 3. | punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. |
| 4. | the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.: the harsh discipline of poverty. |
| 5. | behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control: good discipline in an army. |
| 6. | a set or system of rules and regulations. |
| 7. | Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine. |
| 8. | an instrument of punishment, esp. a whip or scourge, used in the practice of self-mortification or as an instrument of chastisement in certain religious communities. |
| 9. | a branch of instruction or learning: the disciplines of history and economics. |
| 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. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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| dis·ci·pline
(dĭs'ə-plĭn) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. dis·ci·plined, dis·ci·plin·ing, dis·ci·plines
[Middle English, from Old French descepline, from Latin disciplīna, from discipulus, pupil; see disciple.] dis'ci·pli·nal (-plə-nəl) adj., dis'ci·plin'er n. |
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