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discipline

training to improve strength or self-control

the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops"

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";

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"

punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

Synonyms:

• Spartanism,
• academic discipline,
• academic specialty,
• accommodate,
• accommodate with,
• accord,
• adapt,
• adapt to,
• adjust,
• adjust to,
• administer,
• administrate,
• administration,
• agree with,
• anality,
• aplomb,
• apple-pie order,
• applied science,
• apprentice,
• apprenticeship,
• area,
• arena,
• art,
• assimilate to,
• astringency,
• austerity,
• authoritarianism,
• basic training,
• be guided by,
• be master,
• beat,
• bend,
• bound,
• boundary,
• bounds,
• break,
• break in,
• breaking,
• breed,
• breeding,
• bridle,
• bring to account,
• bring to book,
• bring up,
• call to account,
• captain,
• castigate,
• castigation,
• chair,
• chasten,
• chastening,
• chastise,
• chastisement,
• check,
• chime in with,
• civil government,
• classical education,
• coach,
• command,
• comply,
• comply with,
• compose,
• composure,
• concern,
• condign punishment,
• condition,
• conditioning,
• conduct,
• confine,
• confinement,
• conform,
• constraint,
• contain,
• continence,
• control,
• copyright,
• core curriculum,
• correct,
• correction,
• correspond,
• course,
• course of study,
• criticize,
• cultivate,
• cultivation,
• curb,
• curriculum,
• deal with,
• decorum,
• demandingness,
• demesne,
• department,
• department of knowledge,
• deserts,
• develop,
• development,
• direct,
• direction,
• disciplinary measures,
• dispensation,
• disposition,
• domain,
• draw the line,
• drill,
• drilling,
• edify,
• educate,
• elective,
• empery,
• empire,
• enlighten,
• exactingness,
• exercise,
• fall in with,
• ferule,
• fetch up,
• fetching-up,
• field,
• field of inquiry,
• field of study,
• fine fettle,
• fit,
• follow,
• form,
• form of government,
• foster,
• fostering,
• gear to,
• general education,
• general studies,
• go by,
• good condition,
• good shape,
• good trim,
• govern,
• governance,
• government,
• grimness,
• groom,
• grooming,
• guide,
• harmonize,
• harshness,
• head,
• hedge about,
• hold in check,
• housebreak,
• housebreaking,
• humanities,
• improve,
• improvement,
• in-service training,
• inculcate,
• inculcation,
• independence,
• indoctrinate,
• indoctrination,
• inflict upon,
• infliction,
• inform,
• inhibit,
• instruct,
• instruction,
• judgment,
• judicial punishment,
• keep in check,
• keep in line,
• lead,
• liberal arts,
• lick into shape,
• limit,
• limitation,
• major,
• make conform,
• manage,
• management,
• manual training,
• masthead,
• meet,
• method,
• methodicalness,
• methodology,
• meticulousness,
• military training,
• minor,
• moderate,
• moderation,
• mold,
• narrow,
• natural science,
• neatness,
• nemesis,
• nurse,
• nurture,
• nurturing,
• observe,
• officer,
• ology,
• on-the-job training,
• orb,
• orbit,
• order,
• orderliness,
• overcome,
• oversight,
• pains,
• pains and punishments,
• patent,
• pay,
• payment,
• penal retribution,
• penalize,
• penalty,
• penology,
• pillory,
• political organization,
• polity,
• possession,
• practice,
• preparation,
• prepare,
• prescription,
• preside over,
• proscription,
• proseminar,
• province,
• punish,
• punishment,
• punition,
• pure science,
• put in tune,
• put to school,
• quadrivium,
• qualification,
• qualify,
• raise,
• raising,
• ready,
• readying,
• realm,
• rear,
• rearing,
• rebuke,
• reconcile,
• rectify,
• reduce,
• refresher course,
• regime,
• regimen,
• regiment,
• regimentation,
• register,
• regnancy,
• regulate,
• regulation,
• rehearsal,
• rehearse,
• reign,
• reprimand,
• reprove,
• restrain,
• restraint,
• restrict,
• restriction,
• retribution,
• retributive justice,
• ride herd on,
• rigid discipline,
• rod,
• round,
• routine,
• rub off corners,
• ruggedness,
• rule,
• run,
• scant,
• school,
• schooling,
• science,
• scientific education,
• scourge,
• self-command,
• self-conquest,
• self-control,
• self-denial,
• self-discipline,
• self-government,
• self-mastery,
• self-possession,
• self-restraint,
• seminar,
• send to school,
• settle,
• settle with,
• severity,
• shape,
• sloyd,
• social science,
• sovereignty,
• specialize,
• specialty,
• sphere,
• square accounts,
• stand over,
• sternness,
• stint,
• straighten,
• straiten,
• strictness,
• stringency,
• study,
• subdiscipline,
• subdue,
• subject,
• subjection,
• subjugate,
• suit,
• supervise,
• supervision,
• sway,
• system,
• system of government,
• systematicness,
• take in hand,
• take to task,
• tally with,
• teach,
• technical education,
• technicology,
• technics,
• technology,
• tidiness,
• toughness,
• train,
• training,
• trimness,
• trivium,
• upbringing,
• visit upon,
• vocational education,
• vocational training,
• walk,
• well-deserved punishment,
• what-for,
• wield authority,
• willpower,
• yield