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Noun discipline has 5 senses
- discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
--1 is a kind of knowledge domain, knowledge base
--1 has particulars: | occultism; communications, communication theory; major; frontier; allometry; bibliotics; ology; science, scientific discipline; architecture; engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology; futurology, futuristics; humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts; theology, divinity; military science; numerology; protology; theogony |
- discipline - a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine" or "for such a plan to work requires discipline";
--2 is a kind of system, system of rules
- discipline - the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops"
--3 is a kind of trait
Antonyms: indiscipline, undiscipline
--3 has particulars: self-discipline, self-denial; restraint, control
- discipline - training to improve strength or self-control
--4 is a kind of training, preparation, grooming
- discipline, correction - the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
--5 is a kind of punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
--5 has particulars: spanking
Verb discipline has 2 senses
- discipline, train, check, condition - train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
--1 is one way to develop, make grow
Sample sentences:
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- discipline, correct, sort out - punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
--2 is one way to punish, penalize, penalise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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