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indiscipline|ɪnˈdɪsɪplɪn|
[f. in-3 + discipline, or a. F. indiscipline (1762 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Absence or lack of discipline; want of the order imposed by constituted (esp. military) authority upon a body of persons amenable to it; want of the order and method acquired by training.
1783J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 517 To venture upon a piece of indiscipline, in order to secure a tolerable peace. 1792Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 175 My former letters have mentioned the indiscipline of the French armies. 1812Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) IX. 604 The habits of indiscipline and insubordination are such, that even those corps..are in as bad a state. 1884Guardian 21 May 769 Indiscipline in the Church of England. 1887T. Hardy Woodlanders II. xvii. 310 Mental indiscipline hindered her from beginning her conversation. |