DISCIPLINE
\dˈɪsɪplˌɪn], \dˈɪsɪplˌɪn], \d_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_p_l_ˌɪ_n]\
Definitions of DISCIPLINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
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the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops"
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a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine" or "for such a plan to work requires discipline";
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train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
By Princeton University
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the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
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the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops"
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a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine" or "for such a plan to work requires discipline";
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
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Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.
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Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
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Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
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The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
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The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
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Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
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A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.
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To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
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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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To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
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To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
By Oddity Software
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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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Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
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Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.
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Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
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Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
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The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
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The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
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Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
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A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.
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To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
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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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To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
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To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
By Noah Webster.
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Mental or moral training; education, subjection to control; military regulation; as, under strict discipline.
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To train to obedience or efficiency; regulate; punish.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Instruction: training, or mode of life in accordance with rules: subjection to control: order: severe training: mortification: punishment.
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To subject to discipline: to train: to educate: to bring-under control: to chastise.
By Daniel Lyons
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Disciplinary.
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To subject to discipline; order.
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Training; order; subjection to rule; punishment.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Education; instruction; training of the mind; formation of manners;—subject matter of instruction; course of study;—method of training; subjection to authority; rule; government; penal infliction; correction; chastisement;—military law or command;—nfliction of church censure or punishment;—self-inflicted punishment; mortification of the flesh.
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Education, instruction; rule of government, order; military regulation; a state of subjection; chastisement, correction.
By Thomas Sheridan