discipline
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”), from discipulus (“pupil”), influenced by disco (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).
Inflected forms:
form: disciplines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: disciplines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disciplining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disciplined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disciplined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline.
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: giving her the discipline of the strap
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: All she had done was give Teena a cilice, a barbed metal chain she was to tie around her thigh for two hours every day, and a discipline, a rope whip with knotted ends she was to use on her back when she prayed the Hail Mary.
gloss: A controlled behaviour; self-control.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: specialty, speciality, specialism
academic disciplines
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art.
This mathematical discipline, by the help of geometrical principles, doth teach to contrive several weights and powers unto motion or rest.
gloss: A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To train someone by instruction and practice.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To teach someone to obey authority.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To impose order on someone.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: drill
Related words: disciple
disciplinal
disciplinary
discipliner
interdisciplinary
multidisciplinary
castigation
stricture
disciplinarian
disciplined
disciplinable
Derived words: academic discipline
antidiscipline
camouflage discipline
counterdiscipline
disciplinability
disciplineless
discipline-specific
disciplinism
disciplinist
home discipline
indiscipline
interdiscipline
market discipline
metadiscipline
multidiscipline
nondiscipline
petticoat discipline
pseudo-discipline
pseudodiscipline
self-discipline
subdiscipline
superdiscipline
time discipline
transdisciplinarian
undiscipline
overdiscipline
rediscipline
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: اِنْضِبَاط
roman: inḍibāṭ
lang: Arabic
word: تَهْذِيب
roman: tahḏīb
lang: Armenian
word: կարգապահություն
roman: kargapahutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: intizam
lang: Azerbaijani
word: nizam
lang: Azerbaijani
word: nizam-intizam
lang: Bashkir
word: тәртип
roman: tərtip
lang: Belarusian
word: дысцыплі́на
roman: dyscyplína
lang: Bulgarian
word: дисципли́на
roman: disciplína
lang: Burmese
word: စည်းကမ်း
roman: cany:kam:
lang: Catalan
word: disciplina
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紀律 /纪律
roman: jìlǜ
lang: Czech
word: kázeň
lang: Czech
word: disciplína
lang: Danish
word: disciplin
lang: Dutch
word: discipline
lang: Dutch
word: (zelf)beheersing
lang: Esperanto
word: disĉiplo
lang: Finnish
word: kuri
lang: Finnish
word: itsekuri
lang: French
word: discipline
lang: Galician
word: disciplina
lang: Georgian
word: დისციპლინა
roman: disciṗlina
lang: German
word: Disziplin
lang: Greek
word: πειθαρχία
roman: peitharchía
lang: Hebrew
word: מִשְׁמַעַת
roman: mishmá'at
lang: Hindi
word: अनुशासन
roman: anuśāsan
lang: Hungarian
word: fegyelem
lang: Icelandic
word: agi
lang: Indonesian
word: disiplin
lang: Irish
word: smacht
lang: Irish
word: araíonacht
lang: Italian
word: disciplina
lang: Japanese
word: 規律
roman: kiritsu
lang: Khmer
word: វិនយ
roman: vinĕəʼyĕəʼ
lang: Korean
word: 규율
roman: gyuyul
lang: Latin
word: disciplina
lang: Latvian
word: disciplīna
lang: Lithuanian
word: disciplina
lang: Macedonian
word: дисциплина
roman: disciplina
lang: Malayalam
word: അച്ചടക്കം
roman: accaṭakkaṁ
lang: Māori
word: whakaraupapa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: disiplin
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: disiplin
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِنْضِباط
roman: enzebât
lang: Polish
word: dyscyplina
lang: Portuguese
word: disciplina
lang: Romanian
word: disciplină
lang: Russian
word: дисципли́на
roman: disciplína
lang: Russian
word: дисциплини́рованность
roman: disciplinírovannostʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дисципли́на
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: disciplína
lang: Slovak
word: disciplína
lang: Slovene
word: disciplina
lang: Spanish
word: disciplina
lang: Swedish
word: disciplin
lang: Tagalog
word: takdang-aral
lang: Tagalog
word: disiplina
lang: Thai
word: วินัย
roman: wí-nai
lang: Turkish
word: disiplin
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: نظام وانتظام
roman: niźam-u-intiźam
lang: Ukrainian
word: дисциплі́на
roman: dyscyplína
lang: Urdu
word: نَظْم و ضَبْط
roman: nazm o zabt
lang: Vietnamese
word: kỉ luật
lang: Welsh
word: disgyblaeth
lang: Amharic
word: ቅጣት
roman: ḳəṭat
lang: Arabic
word: تَهْذِيب
roman: tahḏīb
lang: Bulgarian
word: наказа́ние
roman: nakazánie
lang: Dutch
word: discipline
lang: Dutch
word: tuchtiging
lang: Dutch
word: tuchtstraf
lang: Finnish
word: kuritus
lang: French
word: discipline
lang: French
word: pénalité
lang: Georgian
word: დასჯა
roman: dasǯa
lang: German
word: Strafe
lang: German
word: Bestrafung
lang: Hindi
word: दंड
roman: daṇḍ
lang: Irish
word: araíonacht
lang: Malayalam
word: അച്ചടക്കം
roman: accaṭakkaṁ
lang: Māori
word: whiunga
lang: Portuguese
word: castigo
lang: Russian
word: наказа́ние
roman: nakazánije
lang: Spanish
word: castigo
lang: Turkish
word: disiplin
lang: Turkish
word: ceza
lang: Arabic
word: فَرْع مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَة
roman: farʕ mina l-maʕrifa
lang: Arabic
word: مَادَّة
roman: mādda
lang: Armenian
word: գիտակարգ
roman: gitakarg
lang: Bashkir
word: фән
roman: fən
lang: Belarusian
word: дысцыплі́на
roman: dyscyplína
lang: Belarusian
word: прадме́т
roman: pradmjét
lang: Bulgarian
word: дисципли́на
roman: disciplína
lang: Catalan
word: disciplina
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 學科 /学科
roman: xuékē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 學術 /学术
roman: xuéshù
lang: Czech
word: disciplína
lang: Dutch
word: discipline
lang: Dutch
word: branche
lang: Finnish
word: oppiaine
lang: Finnish
word: aine
lang: French
word: discipline
lang: French
word: branche
lang: Georgian
word: დისციპლინა
roman: disciṗlina
lang: German
word: Disziplin
lang: Greek
word: επιστημονικός κλάδος
roman: epistimonikós kládos
lang: Hindi
word: विषय
roman: viṣay
lang: Hungarian
word: tudományág
lang: Indonesian
word: disiplin ilmu
lang: Irish
word: disciplín
lang: Japanese
word: 学科
roman: gakka
lang: Japanese
word: 学問
roman: gakumon
lang: Korean
word: 학과
roman: hakgwa
lang: Korean
word: 학문
roman: hangmun
lang: Latin
word: disciplina
lang: Latvian
word: disciplīna
lang: Māori
word: akoranga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: disiplin
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: disiplin
lang: Iranian Persian
word: رِشْتِه
roman: rešte
lang: Portuguese
word: disciplina
lang: Russian
word: дисципли́на
roman: disciplína
lang: Russian
word: предме́т
roman: predmét
lang: Spanish
word: ramo
lang: Swedish
word: disciplin
lang: Thai
word: วิชา
roman: wí-chaa
lang: Thai
word: สาขาวิชา
lang: Turkish
word: bilim dalı
lang: Ukrainian
word: дисциплі́на
roman: dyscyplína
lang: Ukrainian
word: предме́т
roman: predmét
lang: Welsh
word: disgyblaeth