Definition of discipline

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Discipline (n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc..

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Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like..
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Furnace :: Furnace (n.) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline..
Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Puppyhood :: Puppyhood (n.) The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..
Exercise :: Exercise (v. t.) To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops..
Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..
Disciplinal :: Disciplinal (a.) Relating to discipline.
Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
Presbyterian :: Presbyterian (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed..
Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
Intractable :: Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child..
Instruct :: Instruct (v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..
Fast :: Fast (v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions..
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..
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