discipline
noun
[ ˈdɪsɪplɪn ]
• the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
• "a lack of proper parental and school discipline"
Similar:
control,
regulation,
direction,
order,
authority,
rule,
strictness,
a firm hand,
routine,
regimen,
training,
teaching,
instruction,
drill,
drilling,
exercise,
use of punishment,
• a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.
• "sociology is a fairly new discipline"
Similar:
field (of study),
branch of knowledge,
course of study,
subject,
area,
specialist subject,
speciality,
specialty,
discipline
verb
• train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
• "many parents have been afraid to discipline their children"
Similar:
train,
drill,
teach,
school,
coach,
educate,
regiment,
indoctrinate,
lay down the law to someone,
bring into line,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘mortification by scourging oneself’): via Old French from Latin disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge’, from discipulus (see disciple).
