discipline

discipline
    n 1: 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" [syn:
         {discipline}, {subject}, {subject area}, {subject field},
         {field}, {field of study}, {study}, {bailiwick}]
    2: 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";
    3: the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline
       among the troops" [ant: {indiscipline}, {undiscipline}]
    4: training to improve strength or self-control
    5: the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh
       discipline they received" [syn: {discipline}, {correction}]
    v 1: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice;
         especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline
         their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: {discipline},
         {train}, {check}, {condition}]
    2: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The
       teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn:
       {discipline}, {correct}, {sort out}]
    

Discipline \Dis`ci*pline\, n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina,
   from discipulus. See {Disciple}.]
   1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education;
      development of the faculties by instruction and exercise;
      training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
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            Wife and children are a kind of discipline of
            humanity.                             --Bacon.
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            Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the
            substitution of good ones, especially those of
            order, regularity, and obedience.     --C. J. Smith.
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   2. Training to act in accordance with established rules;
      accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
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            Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part,
            Obey the rules and discipline of art. --Dryden.
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   3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control;
      habit of obedience.
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            The most perfect, who have their passions in the
            best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on
            their guard.                          --Rogers.
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   4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by
      means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
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            A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to
            educate us.                           --Macaulay.
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   5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of
      correction and training.
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            Giving her the discipline of the strap. --Addison.
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   6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
      --Bp. Wilkins.
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   7. (Eccl.) The enforcement of methods of correction against
      one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or
      penal action toward a church member.
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   8. (R. C. Ch.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal
      punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a
      penitential scourge.
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   9. (Eccl.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the
      Romish or Anglican discipline.

   Syn: Education; instruction; training; culture; correction;
        chastisement; punishment.
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Discipline \Dis"ci*pline\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disciplined}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Disciplining}.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to
   flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to
   discipline.]
   1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to
      train.
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   2. 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.
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            Ill armed, and worse disciplined.     --Clarendon.
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            His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise;
      to correct.
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            Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly?  --Shak.
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   4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

   Syn: To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate;
        correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
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347 Moby Thesaurus words for "discipline":
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      administer, administrate, administration, agree with, anality,
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      civil government, classical education, coach, command, comply,
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      government, grimness, groom, grooming, guide, harmonize, harshness,
      head, hedge about, hold in check, housebreak, housebreaking,
      humanities, improve, improvement, in-service training, inculcate,
      inculcation, independence, indoctrinate, indoctrination,
      inflict upon, infliction, inform, inhibit, instruct, instruction,
      judgment, judicial punishment, keep in check, keep in line, lead,
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      method, methodicalness, methodology, meticulousness,
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      natural science, neatness, nemesis, nurse, nurture, nurturing,
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      patent, pay, payment, penal retribution, penalize, penalty,
      penology, pillory, political organization, polity, possession,
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      proscription, proseminar, province, punish, punishment, punition,
      pure science, put in tune, put to school, quadrivium,
      qualification, qualify, raise, raising, ready, readying, realm,
      rear, rearing, rebuke, reconcile, rectify, reduce,
      refresher course, regime, regimen, regiment, regimentation,
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      restriction, retribution, retributive justice, ride herd on,
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      scourge, self-command, self-conquest, self-control, self-denial,
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      severity, shape, sloyd, social science, sovereignty, specialize,
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      straighten, straiten, strictness, stringency, study, subdiscipline,
      subdue, subject, subjection, subjugate, suit, supervise,
      supervision, sway, system, system of government, systematicness,
      take in hand, take to task, tally with, teach, technical education,
      technicology, technics, technology, tidiness, toughness, train,
      training, trimness, trivium, upbringing, visit upon,
      vocational education, vocational training, walk,
      well-deserved punishment, what-for, wield authority, willpower,
      yield