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discipline /ˈdɪsɪplɪn/

▶noun

1 the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour.
■ controlled behaviour resulting from such training.

■ an activity providing mental or physical training: kung fu is a discipline open to old and young.

2 a branch of knowledge, especially one studied in higher education.

▶verb

1 train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour by punishment or rebuke.
■ punish or rebuke formally for an offence.

2 (as adj. disciplined) showing a controlled form of behaviour.

– derivatives
disciplinable adjective,
disciplinal /ˌdɪsɪˈplʌɪn(ə)l, ˈdɪsɪˌplɪn(ə)l/ adjective,
disciplinary adjective.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘mortification by scourging oneself’): via OFr. from L. disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge’, from discipulus (see disciple).

'discipline' also found in these Oxford entries:

ascesis - ascetic - boot camp - brief - capoeira - chasten - disciplinarian - disfellowship - family values - firm - flagellate - hermit - indiscipline - indocile - misericord - mortify - political economy - practitioner - prefect - rule - school - self-discipline - self-flagellation - stern - ultramontane - undisciplined - wanton - whip - wild - yoga

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