discipline
/'disiplin/
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Definition
Noun:
- A system of rules governing conduct or activity: A set of regulations or expected behaviors within a specific group, organization, or practice.
- The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior: The act of instilling self-control, order, and obedience.
- A branch of knowledge or academic study: A specific field of learning or area of expertise.
- Punishment intended to correct or train: A penalty imposed to enforce obedience or correct misbehavior.
Verb:
- To train someone to obey rules or a code of behavior: To instruct and practice in order to develop self-control and orderly conduct.
- To punish or reprimand someone for an infraction: To impose a penalty on someone to correct their behavior.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Military discipline is essential for unit cohesion. (The system of rules in the military is crucial.)
- Learning a musical instrument requires great discipline. (It requires consistent practice and self-control.)
- She holds a doctorate in the discipline of biochemistry. (Her PhD is in that specific field of knowledge.)
- The principal believed in firm discipline for serious offenses. (He believed in corrective punishment.)
Verb:
- Parents must discipline their children to teach them right from wrong. (Parents must train their children in proper behavior.)
- The coach disciplined the player for missing practice. (The coach punished the player.)
Advanced Usage
- "To exercise discipline": To apply self-control or to enforce rules.
- You must exercise discipline with your spending to save money.
- "Academic discipline": A formal area of study within a university.
- History and physics are distinct academic disciplines.
- "Disciplinary action": Official punishment for breaking rules.
- The company took disciplinary action against the employee.
Variants and Related Words
- Disciplinarian (n): A person who believes in or enforces strict discipline.
- The teacher was known as a strict disciplinarian.
- Disciplinary (adj): Relating to or used for discipline.
- The matter was referred to the disciplinary committee.
- Self-discipline (n): The ability to control one's own feelings and behavior.
- Success in this program requires tremendous self-discipline.
Synonyms
- Noun (for rules/control): Regulation, order, control, training.
- Noun (for field of study): Field, subject, specialty, domain.
- Verb (for training): Train, drill, instruct.
- Verb (for punishing): Punish, correct, chastise, reprimand.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
- "To discipline oneself to do something": To train or force oneself to do something regularly.
- She disciplined herself to write for two hours every morning.
Related Idioms
- "A discipline unto itself": Something that requires or constitutes its own unique set of rules and practices.
- Managing a remote team is a discipline unto itself.
Noun
- the act of punishing
- the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
- training to improve strength or self-control
- the trait of being well behaved
- he insisted on discipline among the troops
- 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
- 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
Verb
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
- develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- Parents must discipline their children
- Is this dog trained?