Discipline

Word DISCIPLINE
Character 10
Hyphenation dis ci pline dis ci pline
Pronunciations /ˈdɪ.sə.plɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Discipline"

What do we mean by discipline?

Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. noun

Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order. noun

Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control. noun

A state of order based on submission to rules and authority. noun

Punishment intended to correct or train. noun

A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order. noun

A branch of knowledge or teaching. noun

To train by instruction and practice, as in following rules or developing self-control: synonym: teach. transitive verb

To punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. synonym: punish. transitive verb

To impose order on. transitive verb

Mental and moral training, either under one's own guidance or under that of another; the cultivation of the mind and formation of the manners; instruction and government, comprehending the communication of knowledge and the regulation of practice; specifically, training to act in accordance with rules; drill: as, military discipline; monastic discipline. noun

A set or system of rules and regulations; a method of regulating practice: as, the discipline prescribed for the church. noun

Specifically, ecclesiastical: The laws which bind the subjects of a church in their conduct, as distinguished from the dogmas or articles of faith which affect their belief. noun

The methods employed by a church for enforcing its laws, and so preserving its purity or its authority by penal measures against offenders. Three kinds of discipline were known to the ancient synagogue, all of which are entitled excommunication. In most modern Protestant churches discipline consists of three penalties: public censure, suspension, and excommunication. noun

Subjection to rule; submissiveness to control; obedience to rules and commands: as, the school was under good discipline. noun

Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training; hence, edification or correction by means of misfortune or suffering. noun

That which serves to instruct or train; specifically, a course of study; a science or an art. noun

An instrument of punishment; a scourge, or the like, used for religious penance. See disciplinarium. noun

To train or educate; prepare by instruction; specifically, to teach rules and practice, and accustom to order and subordination; drill: as, to discipline troops.

A controlled behaviour; self-control.

A specific branch of knowledge or learning.

What makes you WIN the life game Urban Dictionary

The administration of training which results in the participant(s) becoming more physically, mentally, and/or spiritually adept. Urban Dictionary

1. In terms of BDSM, any activity in which one person trains another person to act or behave in a specified way, often by enforcing rigid codes of conduct or by inflicting punishment for failure to behave in the prescribed way. 2. Archaic Any instrument used to enforce discipline or to punish physically, such as a whip or crop. Urban Dictionary

Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Latin; Old French, from Latin disciplina teaching, learning, from discipulus pupil 1 : PUNISHMENT 2 obsolete : INSTRUCTION 3 : a field of study 4 : training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character 5 a : control gained by enforcing obedience or order b : orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior c : SELF-CONTROL 6 : a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity - dis·ci·plin·al Urban Dictionary

A word abusive parents use to justify beating their children. What do you call it when an undisciplined person gives disciplinary beatings to others? Hypocrisy. Urban Dictionary

Studying the night BEFORE the test Urban Dictionary

To smack a girl on her forehead with your dick as a punishment Urban Dictionary

Sitting on the floor while getting stoned while all your mates sit on sofa and/or bed. Urban Dictionary

Something a lot of people did not know about until they took a karate class or played a team sport in school, or from classes and not from home. Urban Dictionary

1. The mental ability to not do something that'll make you happy. AKA: Rationally Justified Self-Torture. 2. A short Japanese pornographic anime series, downloadable via bit torrent. The female characters have boobs the size of football fields. 3. A field or area of study or research, usually something that the person hates but can't get out of unless she/he commits suicide. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Discipline

The word "discipline" in example sentences

Doctrine and discipline, in the oath, do comprehend all that to which the church required, and we promised, to perform obedience; therefore the whole policy of the church was meant by _discipline_, forasmuch as it was not comprehended under doctrine. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)

Now, nonviolent discipline, uh, the reason I use the term discipline is to emphasize it's a strategic choice, not a moral one. ❋ Karoli (2011)

The word discipline is from the same root as disciple and they both connote teaching. ❋ Charles Howard (2011)

When the discipline of economics was born, and I use the term discipline advisedly, the objective was to justify concentration of capital, emphasizing, as many of its practitioners still do, the function of capital in economic growth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When you DO get a parent who cares about discipline, their hands are generally tied by the governments namby-pamby attitude that says that to hit a child even in discipline is assault. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2006)

The answer to that question lies in the literal meaning of the word discipline, which is “to create a disciple.” ❋ John Rosemond (2007)

The word discipline has been used to describe everything from beatings to bribings. ❋ PAUL W. SWETS (1983)

“I hated the word discipline,” a friend of mine once told me. ❋ Janet Jackson (2011)

Covert is drawn to what he describes as the "discipline" of the pursuit. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We teach students about answers, and so they think that the discipline is about answers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This helps understand that the discipline is actually all three. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As we seek to become disciples of Jesus Christ, we should never forget that the word disciple is directly related to the word discipline. ❋ A. R. Bernard (2006)

the [price] of discipline is always [less than] [the pain] of regret ❋ XxLorDxX (2010)

"I've never known a man [worth his salt] who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate [the grind], the discipline. There is something good in men that really yearns for discipline." ~[Vince Lombardi] ❋ ((Vibe)) (2005)

[You need] discipline to [meet] my [needs]. ❋ Jarethgallar (2005)

It [took] a lot of [self discipline] not to [cum] before her. ❋ S.M. Selby (2004)

[I'm sick] of people [beating] other people in the name of discipline when they themselves are [the ones] who need a beating. ❋ Layko (2007)

I'm getting really [disciplined], I [studied] before [this morning]! ❋ Steve (2005)

[you need] to discipline her ❋ H4x0r (2003)

Dave1:I'm sitting [here you] get discipline! Dave2:[Oh shit] i have to [sit on the floor]! ❋ UKJuggalizzo (2003)

The girl first found out about [discipline] from a class at school and thought she knew how to make life help for people around her when really all she did was make life a [weak] [purgatory] with a lack of any physical pain. ❋ Solid Mantis (2018)

1.1) This hot chick was completely naked in bed begging for his groove but he just walked out. He's either mentally insane or very disciplined. 1.2) She stared at [the cheesecake] for 15 minutes and put it back into the fridge, when did she become so disciplined?! [1.3]) He resisted the urge to [renew] his World of Warcraft subscription while his co-workers are raiding together during lunch, he's got a lot of discipline. 2) As soon as he got the "Discipline" DVDs, he took a box of tissue with him & locked the bedroom door. 3) Law was never the discipline she dreamed of, her unique fetish of body exposure makes her always wanted to be a stripper. ❋ Urbanrascal (2013)

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