DISCIPLINE

Definition of Discipline
Noun

1. discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick (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"

2. discipline (a system of rules of conduct or method of practice) "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";

3. discipline (the trait of being well behaved) "he insisted on discipline among the troops"

4. discipline (training to improve strength or self-control)

5. discipline, correction (the act of punishing) "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

Verb

1. discipline, train, check, condition (develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control) "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

2. discipline, correct, sort out (punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience) "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

Adjectives for Discipline
mental; hard; strict; unsympathizing; monastic; religious; stern; patient; firm; virtuous; gentle; effective; military; grim; iron; inflexible; rigorous; compulsory; irksome; inexorable; cellular; unfeeling; imaginative; infracted; systematic; painful; affectionate; heroic; moral; speculative; conventual; unrelenting; secret; peculiar; spasmodic; needful; unflagging; questioned; sound; absolute; perfect; modern; prudent; monastic; iron.

Verbs for Discipline
abate—; chafe under—; dread—; enforce —; fuse with—; impose—; maintain—; neglect—; preserve—; relax—; subject to —; wreck—; —deteriorates; —exacts; — falters; —loosens; —wavers; —weakens.

Adverbs for Discipline
conscientiously; admirably; ardently; faithfully; patiently; strictly; morally; physically; rigorously; daily; harshly; severely; mentally; unsympathizingly; monastically; religiously; virtuously; gently; effectively; grimly; inflexibly; irksomely; inexorably; unfeelingly; conventionally; unflaggingly; soundly; prudently.