discipline
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈdɪsəplɪn/
:
disciplina
- The coach enforced strict discipline to ensure the team followed the rules and improved their performance.
- maintain discipline
- school discipline
- parental discipline
I couldn't get used to the discipline, so that's why.
- I couldn't get used to the discipline, so that's why.
- These pains, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
- The first comment is that discipline problems go down in the classroom.
- Like even from that night onwards it the discipline amped up.
- There has to be some sort of discipline applied to the creativity of self.
- These are not even to be compared with the legislation and discipline of Lycurgus.
- We were not loose missiles, meaning we had discipline, we had honor, we had loyalty.
Examples
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People who lack discipline lack true success.
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I'm sure that both boys really miss the discipline that their father would have provided.
Fiction book (1992) -
So get on the path of discipline and stay on the path.
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There is a level of discipline and work involved in that.
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But overall, it was discipline in the house.
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So from tomorrow, we're going to have some discipline around here.
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What do you think is the biggest discipline problem in this class?
Academic text (2008) -
I think it's the the dedication, also the discipline that you put in it.
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Little Lo goes straight from camp to a good boarding school... ..with strict discipline and some sound religious training.
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The Warden said the measures had to be taken to enforce discipline, and to teach the prisoners the value of such benefits as cable TV...
Synonyms
912
3.9
Making people obey a law or rule
720
1.3
An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison
49
4.2
An act of punishing someone to try to change their behavior
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7.7
A set of strict rules that limits freedom and being yourself
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.1
A subject of science that studies a part of nature like physics or biology
A subject like philosophy or literature that teaches general knowledge and thinking skills
How Punitive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Discipline comes from the Latin root discere, which means 'to learn', and is related to disciple ('student'). It first meant 'teaching' or 'training', so a system of strict rules is a way to train people to obey.