Definition of discipline

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Discipline (v. t.) To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

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Volunteer :: Volunteer (a.) One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army..
Chastisement :: Chastisement (n.) The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
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..
Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster..
School :: School (n.) Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline..
Schooling :: Schooling (n.) Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling..
Disciplinal :: Disciplinal (a.) Relating to discipline.
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth..
Treadmill :: Treadmill (n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..
Practice :: Practice (v. t.) To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music..
Disciplinable :: Disciplinable (a.) Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense..
Discipliner :: Discipliner (n.) One who disciplines.
Episcopalian :: Episcopalian (n.) One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Martinet :: Martinet (n.) In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods..
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