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Definition discipline

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”) and discipulus (“pupil”), from discere (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).

Noun

discipline (countable and uncountable, plural disciplines)

1. A controlled behaviour; self-control.
2. An enforced compliance or control.
3. A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
4. A state of order based on submission to authority.
5. A punishment to train or maintain control.
6. (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
7. A set of rules regulating behaviour.
8. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
9. A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
10. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.

Verb

discipline (third-person singular simple present disciplines, present participle disciplining, simple past and past participle disciplined)

1. (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
2. (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
3. (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
4. (transitive) To impose order on someone.

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