Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
- noun Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
- noun Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
- noun A state of order based on submission to rules and authority.
- noun Punishment intended to correct or train.
- noun A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
- noun A branch of knowledge or teaching.
- transitive verb To train by instruction and practice, as in following rules or developing self-control: synonym: teach.
- transitive verb To punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. synonym: punish.
- transitive verb To impose order on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mental and moral training, either under one's own guidance or under that of another; the cultivation of the mind and formation of the manners; instruction and government, comprehending the communication of knowledge and the regulation of practice; specifically, training to act in accordance with rules; drill: as, military discipline; monastic discipline.
- noun A set or system of rules and regulations; a method of regulating practice: as, the discipline prescribed for the church.
- noun Specifically, ecclesiastical: The laws which bind the subjects of a church in their conduct, as distinguished from the dogmas or articles of faith which affect their belief.
- noun The methods employed by a church for enforcing its laws, and so preserving its purity or its authority by penal measures against offenders. Three kinds of discipline were known to the ancient synagogue, all of which are entitled excommunication. In most modern Protestant churches discipline consists of three penalties: public censure, suspension, and excommunication.
- noun Subjection to rule; submissiveness to control; obedience to rules and commands: as, the school was under good discipline.
- noun Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training; hence, edification or correction by means of misfortune or suffering.
- noun That which serves to instruct or train; specifically, a course of study; a science or an art.
- noun An instrument of punishment; a scourge, or the like, used for religious penance. See
disciplinarium . - To train or educate; prepare by instruction; specifically, to teach rules and practice, and accustom to order and subordination; drill: as, to
discipline troops. - To correct; chastise; punish.
- Specifically To execute the laws of a church upon (an offender).
- To keep in subjection; regulate; govern.
- Synonyms To train, form, educate, instruct, drill, regulate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
- noun Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
- noun Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.
- noun Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
- noun Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
- noun The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
- noun (Eccl.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
- noun (Eccl.) A system of essential rules and duties.
- transitive verb To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
- transitive verb To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
controlled behaviour ;self-control - noun An
enforced compliance orcontrol - noun A
systematic method ofobtaining obedience - noun A
state oforder based onsubmission toauthority - noun A
punishment totrain or maintaincontrol - noun A
set ofrules regulating behaviour - noun A
flagellation as a means ofobtaining sexual gratification - noun A
specific branch ofknowledge orlearning - noun A
category in which a certainart ,sport or other activity belongs, or a sub-category of said activity. - verb transitive To
train someone byinstruction andpractice . - verb transitive To
teach someone toobey authority. - verb transitive To
punish someone in order to (re)gain control. - verb transitive To
impose order on someone.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Doctrine and discipline, in the oath, do comprehend all that to which the church required, and we promised, to perform obedience; therefore the whole policy of the church was meant by _discipline_, forasmuch as it was not comprehended under doctrine.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Now, nonviolent discipline, uh, the reason I use the term discipline is to emphasize it's a strategic choice, not a moral one.
Crooks and Liars karoli 2011
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The word discipline is from the same root as disciple and they both connote teaching.
Charles Howard: Bearing Witness: Child Abuse on Public Transit and Our (Lack of) Response Charles Howard 2011
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The word discipline is from the same root as disciple and they both connote teaching.
Charles Howard: Bearing Witness: Child Abuse on Public Transit and Our (Lack of) Response Charles Howard 2011
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When the discipline of economics was born, and I use the term discipline advisedly, the objective was to justify concentration of capital, emphasizing, as many of its practitioners still do, the function of capital in economic growth.
Stephen Herrington: Healthcare and Government's Role in the Economy 2009
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When you DO get a parent who cares about discipline, their hands are generally tied by the governments namby-pamby attitude that says that to hit a child even in discipline is assault.
One Of Our Airheads Is Missing! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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The answer to that question lies in the literal meaning of the word discipline, which is “to create a disciple.”
Parenting by the Book John Rosemond 2007
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The word discipline has been used to describe everything from beatings to bribings.
THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN PAUL W. SWETS 1983
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The word discipline has been used to describe everything from beatings to bribings.
THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN PAUL W. SWETS 1983
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“I hated the word discipline,” a friend of mine once told me.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
brtom commented on the word discipline
The Depression and World War II delayed the mechanization of the farms here, and one of the first disciplines imposed on me was that of a teamster. Wendell Berry "A Native Hill"
July 19, 2008