DISCIPLINE
verb
Synonyms
train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
Definitions
- 1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
- 2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill. Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon. His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.
- 3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct. Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly Shak.
- 4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
