disciplineddis‧ci‧plined /ˈdɪsɪplɪnd/ adjective 
- a loyal and disciplined army
- They are a well-trained, disciplined and efficient fighting force.
- We're very disciplined when it comes to money.
- Both were inspired by the potential of law to create a disciplined framework for global technological and social change.
- If the nest is disturbed and she decides the family should flee, the youngsters behave in an extremely disciplined way.
- Its disciplined four-year plans, they say, are streets ahead of the budgeting in most other government bodies.
- Once those processes are specifically defined, disciplined execution is the next vital ingredient.
- Science is a highly disciplined industry that has traditionally taken a very dim view of emotional expression.
- The disciplined study of religion reaches out more broadly to cover all the forms of religious experience.
- The mystic is seeking to transcend his ego and acquire a disciplined compassion - a crucial virtue in all religions.
- We need safe, disciplined schools, where professional teachers work closely with parents.
always doing what you are told to do► obedient someone who is obedient always does what their parents, teachers, or people in authority tell them to do - use this especially about children: · Bruno was a quiet and obedient little boy.· Research shows that pupils who are good at maths tend to be more conformist and obedient than other pupils. obedient to: · The majority of people were obedient to the King, not questioning his government.
► obedience obedient behaviour: obedience to: · Young children are expected to show obedience to their parents.absolute/complete/total obedience: · The General demanded absolute obedience from his men.
► law-abiding always obeying the law because you think this is the right thing to do: · These men are all decent, tax-paying, law-abiding people.· There is a tendency to look back at a time when people were more peaceful and law-abiding.
► dutiful always doing what you are expected to do and always behaving in a loyal and obedient way: · Tom Campbell has been a loyal and dutiful employee of this firm for 25 years.· She rejected the traditional female roles of docile daughter and dutiful wife.
► disciplined a group of people that is disciplined has developed obedience or has been trained to be obedient: · They are a well-trained, disciplined and efficient fighting force.well-disciplined: · The workforce is well-disciplined and eager to work.
noundisciplinariandisciplineadjectivedisciplinarydisciplined ≠ undisciplinedverbdiscipline
skilled and disciplined workers