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discipliner
dis·ci·pline D0255600 (dĭs′ə-plĭn)n.1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement: was raised in the strictest discipline.2. a. Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order: military discipline.b. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control: Dieting takes a lot of discipline.c. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.3. Punishment intended to correct or train: subjected to harsh discipline.4. A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.5. A branch of knowledge or teaching: the discipline of mathematics.tr.v. dis·ci·plined, dis·ci·plin·ing, dis·ci·plines 1. To train by instruction and practice, as in following rules or developing self-control: The sergeant disciplined the recruits to become soldiers. See Synonyms at teach.2. To punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. See Synonyms at punish.3. To impose order on: needed to discipline their study habits.
[Middle English, from Old French descepline, from Latin disciplīna, from discipulus, pupil; see disciple.]
dis′ci·pli·nal (-plə-nəl) adj.dis′ci·plin′er n.EncyclopediaSeediscipline |