Definition of discipline in English:

discipline

noun ˈdɪsɪplɪnˈdɪsəplən

1mass noun The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
a lack of proper parental and school discipline
Example sentencesExamples
- Along with the other cadets, he rose before dawn, kept his quarters neat, attended class and adhered to a military code of discipline.
- Institutionalization of discipline and dress codes is another strategy used to curb violence.
- She said schools were reminded in 1994 that behaviour and discipline codes should include measures to counter bullying behaviour.
- So great is the concern for discipline that some parents will even be insistent that their child receives harsh, practically militaristic, discipline.
- And that fear is always accompanied by the threat of discipline, punishment, and violence.
- ‘Those who are responsible for this… will be punished according to the army discipline and rules,’ he said.
- In 1923 parliament began to revise the code of military discipline.
- It is important to distinguish between discipline and punishment.
- A healthy family will set codes of behaviour, discipline and boundaries, which allow for some flexibility, but are consistent and always recognise the individuality of its members.
- To bring in the law as a big stick with which to beat parents of recalcitrant kids implies that there can be no discipline: only punishment.
- The rules of discipline were not casually administered.
- His rule reveals an extremely severe discipline and detailed penal code.
- A second possible interpretation emerges when parents' discussions of discipline practices are considered.
- Sparta was, as you know, a military state, so to be ‘Spartan’ is to adhere to a code of military discipline.
- They know that forms of discipline which reward good behaviour, rather than punishing the bad, are more effective, safer and promote better relationships at home.
- Although the rhetoric of the military is all about discipline, the daily practice of the troops is a cut throat entrepreneurialism.
- Alongside the obsession with test results goes an insistence on discipline and harsh punishment of bad behaviour.
- They need rules and discipline not tea and sympathy for their wrongdoings.
- When parents set rules for discipline, children need to understand and respect the rules, which is possible only through communication and mutual respect.
- This legal code dealt with military discipline, criminal law and societal customs and regulation.
Synonyms
control, regulation, direction, order, authority, rule, strictness, a firm hand
1. 1.1 The controlled behaviour resulting from such training.
  he was able to maintain discipline among his men
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fasting is all about self control and discipline.
  In most cases it takes lots of self control and discipline, but it is the lack of those particular qualities in a majority of players that keeps the casino gaming industry thriving.
  It seems to me that this House cannot have it both ways, and that we need some consistency here in order to maintain discipline.
  ‘There is insufficient discipline on controlling costs in local government,’ he said.
  At the time, his playing impressed me with its discipline, control, intelligence, and gorgeous sound, all directly in the service of the music.
  That meant tight budgetary discipline to control inflation, reduce the deficit and moderate the volume of public debt.
  Here, the battle commanders had been able to maintain a semblance of discipline and control.
  What's needed from me is a little bit more control and discipline.
  The victory guaranteed them top place in their group and was deserved after they defended with discipline and controlled a game which witnessed several crowd incidents.
  Due to the complex flow process, absence of lane markings and avoidance of regulatory measures, drivers are not able to maintain lane discipline.
  This was done purely to bring about discipline among the players and maintain its dignity.
  She displays all the skills of her craft with discipline controlled by passion.
  As a result, what this recording lacks in kinetic excitement it gains in discipline and controlled wit.
  It takes discipline or self control on the part of the trainer to make the horse into a disciple or follower, to cause the horse to willingly follow your lead.
  Organised and efficient, others admire and respect their discipline, control and eloquence.
  More than ever before, the working men of Chicago had to conform to new standards of industrial discipline and self control.
  It all becomes a matter of control or discipline or regard for other's situations despite your own wants.
  It also suggested that a high level of formalism, discipline, and control is required for flexibility to be achieved.
  They believe in instilling a deep sense of self-respect and discipline among students.
  Traditionalists see crime and poverty as largely the result of a breakdown in social discipline or self control.
  Synonyms
  self-control, self-discipline, self-government, control, controlled behaviour, self-restraint
  good behaviour, orderliness, obedience
2. 1.2 Activity that provides mental or physical training.
  the tariqa offered spiritual discipline
  count noun Kung fu is a discipline open to old and young
  Example sentencesExamples
  A group of friends and I have aimed to practice and develop bodybuilding in our city so as to show the aesthetic and physical profits of this discipline.
  In fact, the Roller Skating School has endeavoured to popularise this all-year sport as a physical training discipline in schools and colleges.
  Though meditation is the main religious discipline practiced by convert Buddhists, chanted liturgies are an important part of many meditations.
  However, to be continuously successful at any physical discipline requires that you be sincere to yourself and dedicated to the game.
  The government has also arrested thousands of practitioners of a spiritual discipline that primarily involves physical exercise and meditation.
  Yoga as a means to mental and physical discipline and well being is also taught.
  "Just how do they favour certain sports disciplines over others.
  The practice of kata, as a lifelong physical discipline, is, however, an appropriate method of practice for older people.
  For many spiritually oriented folks, this can include providing compassionate service or maintaining spiritual disciplines such as meditation.
  Thirty-five sports disciplines and four cultural activities will be offered during seven days of competitions.
  Shinto reinforced already strongly-established national notions of spiritual discipline and physical fitness.
  It's a very physical discipline, how do you prepare for it?
  Yoga, you might be interested to know, is the oldest physical discipline in existence.
  This new series explores a traditional spiritual discipline that offers sound guidance to help you cultivate the qualities of your soul.
  The group time must include some portion devoted to prayer and other spiritual disciplines.
  Synonyms
  teaching, tuition, coaching, tutoring, education, schooling, tutelage, pedagogy, andragogy
3. 1.3count noun A system of rules of conduct.
  he doesn't have to submit to normal disciplines
  Example sentencesExamples
  He said there was a system of disciplines to deal with the problem and he said he had no doubt that the safeguards would be removed ‘at an early stage.’
  They affirmed that existing and emerging regional trading agreements should be consistent with WTO rules and disciplines.
  The discipline system is focussed on the values project.
  Self-regulation would be fine in an environment in which the normal disciplines of the market, including bankruptcy in some extreme cases, were allowed to function in full.
  That type of activity was only feasible and could only be guaranteed to have sufficient quality if an organisation had all the disciplines, funding and support to do it, he said.
  With normal investment disciplines applied, this approach could easily yield returns at 150 percent of the S&P 500.
  Nevertheless, morality is intelligible only as a social discipline based on general rules impartially applied.
  The former were to be policed and controlled, the latter discouraged through the disciplines of increasingly marketized welfare.
  It will be negotiated in conformity with the rules and disciplines of the World Trade Organisation.
  It blurs the division between foreign and domestic policy, increases competitive pressures in markets, and makes globally-based trade rules and disciplines even more important.
  It goes back to the basics of art in film by a self-imposed discipline of 10 ‘rules'.
  The increase in support was possible because many domestic programs are exempt from World Trade Organization disciplines.
  It must be driven from the top, because the implementation is not just the system, but a discipline.
  When we go to Japan, we go there knowing all the rules and all the disciplines and how to participate in the game.
  The move away from national capitalisms to a more uniform system based on market disciplines has contributed to the undermining of the legitimacy of governments in Europe.
2A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.
sociology is a fairly new discipline
Example sentencesExamples
- Success seems to be a goal for all disciplines of psychology.
- Though it offers some of the most striking recent samples, history is not the only discipline in which scholarship has been put at risk.
- Not for nothing are the branches of science called disciplines.
- Nowhere is that liberal ideology so powerful as in the discipline of economics".
- Anthropology is a social science discipline whose primary object of study has traditionally been non-Western, tribal societies.
- Different academic disciplines are characterized (in part) by their distinct approaches to substantiating knowledge.
- This environment fostered new regional journals and a growing range of specialist journals catering to the interests of historians working in the branches of the discipline.
- Historians of psychology frequently grumble about the marginal status of historical scholarship within the discipline of psychology.
- The continuing development of comprehensive universities should allow them to extend their knowledge base in multiple disciplines and fields.
- Historians borrowed from such disciplines as political science, linguistics, economics, and philosophy.
- With the exception of history and art history, graduate students and contingent faculty teach more than half of the courses offered in the disciplines studied.
- With such technology, individual scholars may even be able to afford to own the entire recorded knowledge of their disciplines.
- These scholars are commonly based in universities and research academies in the disciplines of philosophy, history, and literature.
- Both men draw not only from their own disciplines but from their knowledge of history, sociology, and literature.
- Many academic disciplines have defined keys journals in their field, but health education has failed to do so.
- Although similar to other inductive processes, this methodology differs in that it emerges from the discipline of sociology.
- The project is even a little ironic, considering the history of the discipline of geography.
- Medicine and law were the first disciplines to professionalize their knowledge.
- In turn, oral history has become more integrated into the discipline of history.
- Affiliative identities result from choices of academic discipline, graduate school, mentoring networks, and employing institution.
Synonyms
field (of study), branch of knowledge, course of study, subject, area
specialist subject, speciality, specialty

verb ˈdɪsɪplɪnˈdɪsəplən

[with object]

1Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
many parents have been afraid to discipline their children
Example sentencesExamples
- Equally, while a parent cannot be made to love his child, he can be limited by the law in how far he can use physical punishment to discipline his child.
- A state's truant officers can also discipline the parents of delinquent students if they either aid or condone their children's misconduct.
- The slant-eyed boy took a little longer, but showed the same obstinate behavior and the sheriff had to discipline him accordingly.
- The problem seems to be less the availability of the drug than the fact that society has lost confidence in its ability to educate and discipline children.
- Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren.
- One thing disciplining a child has taught me is that you need to keep iron control over your temper and watch what you do - because your child is watching and taking cues from your behavior.
- If a good father disciplines his child to teach him, and a bad father punishes his child to let out frustration, a terrible father shows no interest at all.
- It is also a dishonest campaign, since most of its proponents object to any form of punishment that parents use to discipline their children.
- Spanking is not just a right parents have when dealing with their children; nor is it just a necessary tool for training and disciplining children.
- Since the government banned corporal punishment in schools, teachers think they cannot discipline the children.
- The teachers seemed for the most part to hate their jobs, and spent more time disciplining students than they did actually teaching.
- It must thus be proper to punish the parents by calling them from work so they can discipline their child to ensure compliance with the code of conduct of the school.
- ‘We do believe in disciplining our children to stop them behaving badly,’ she said.
- This behaviour only started recently after she was disciplined for throwing food in the classroom, but I have to admit I am not sure of what to do next.
- If anything, I called for the reinstatement of teachers' powers to discipline students, including the administering of corporal punishment.
- To effectively discipline a child, parents must have set rules and reasons to reinforce them.
- This means more than just teaching us and disciplining us.
- Physical punishment is not the most effective way to discipline children.
- On other occasions I delved into very personal issues, such as problems with in-laws or disciplining children.
- Even teachers are reluctant to intervene and often feel it is not their responsibility to discipline young people.
Synonyms
train, drill, teach, school, coach, educate, regiment, indoctrinate
lay down the law to someone, bring into line
1. 1.1 Punish or rebuke formally for an offence.
  a member of staff was to be disciplined by management
  Example sentencesExamples
  Depending on who the line manager was, you could be disciplined for not wearing it, and that was unacceptable.
  I requested that the officers be disciplined and properly trained.
  About a decade ago, seeking to give managers more power, the department instituted binding arbitration for disciplining officers.
  Regulatory law may demand that the rules be legally enforceable and that members be disciplined for their breach.
  Could I go to section 10, the power to discipline by way of reprimand.
  The secretary of the Footballers' Association said there were already heavy punishments available to discipline footballers.
  Management officials disciplined all of them with punishments ranging from a one-week layoff to discharge.
  Several staff have been disciplined and one senior manager is understood to have quit since the scandal.
  Managers at the hospital have been disciplined following an investigation.
  Only one state board had disciplined a physician for undertreatment of pain.
  It is the job of supervisory departments and public prosecutors to discipline and punish the relevant departments.
  To help enforce these new restrictions, the programme-makers have also introduced a formal disciplining mechanism.
  Have they been fired, disciplined or reprimanded?
  The body claims that people have been held accountable; senior management were disciplined and lost their bonuses.
  If I am breaking union rules, let them discipline me.
  I'm not saying that the analysts don't deserve to be disciplined or punished.
  The deputies were later disciplined for offences that included not stopping the beating and not writing up a report about it.
  During the flight the production manager spoke of how he had had to discipline one of his staff for lateness.
  He should be reprimanded and disciplined in the same manner as players and managers.
  The brigade commander will be disciplined for failing to manage his troops properly.
  Synonyms
  punish, penalize, take disciplinary action against, bring to book
  reprimand, rebuke, reprove, chastise, castigate, upbraid, remonstrate with
  informal dress down, give someone a dressing-down, rap over the knuckles, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, put on the mat
  British informal carpet, put on the carpet
  archaic chasten
2. 1.2discipline oneself to do something Train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way.
  every month discipline yourself to go through the file
  Example sentencesExamples
  This time out, however, he disciplines himself to reach the goal.
  Thirdly, we have to discipline ourselves to begin to train.
  'Over the last year I found it hard to discipline myself to get on with my work', she said.
  As a jockey I disciplined myself to put money aside to pay my tax bills, which were for tens of thousands of pounds.
  Set your clock a half hour earlier and discipline yourself to arrive early for work or appointments.
  Read something you disagree with and discipline yourself to analyze why you disagree.
  This is a difficult task and a constant battle, but I firmly believe that by disciplining ourselves to work together as one, it is the only way to achieve true peace and happiness.
  You must discipline yourself to eat properly, with what is available where you live.
  Arranging regular practice with a group of skaters is a great way to discipline yourself to work on technique often.
  Also I need to give myself lots of study time because I loathe studying and I'm rather bad at disciplining myself to do it.
  Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day.
  See, there's a reason I discipline myself to be faithful to electronic media.
  Like many of the students on his course he finds mathematics difficult and has been unable to discipline himself to distribute the workload evenly throughout the term.
  I started my blog in order to discipline myself to write every day.
  Finally, he said, he disciplined himself to represent each image faithfully by hand.
  To control risks, you'll need to set targets - and discipline yourself to follow them.
  Developing a financial plan means taking control of what you have now and disciplining yourself to manage your money to reach those goals you have set for yourself and your family.
  I really must discipline myself to get up and wake up.
  Managers have to discipline themselves to set clear goals and measurable outcomes for teleworking employees rather than acting as timekeepers.
  It amazed him how much these people had to discipline themselves to stay that way.

Derivatives

disciplinable

adjective ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəb(ə)lˈdɪsɪˌplɪnəb(ə)l

But perhaps you may determine the offence properly disciplinable, and not demanding forbearance.
Example sentencesExamples
- If it is not the standard of care, the doctor is disciplinable.
- For this reason, it is advisable to fire with cause whenever possible, and to document poor performance or disciplinable offences as they occur.
- A lawyer should not be placed in the position where compliance under one rule constitutes disciplinable misconduct under another rule.
- If securities such as bearer bonds are given to the attorney to hold and are merely placed in a locked filing cabinet in the office and not identified or placed in a safe deposit box, the attorney has committed a disciplinable violation.

disciplinal

adjective ˌdɪsɪˈplʌɪn(ə)lˈdɪsɪˌplɪn(ə)lˈdɪsɪplɪn(ə)l

As already stated, however, disciplinal perspective is not the only sort of perspective possible or needed.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is pointless; you irritate other users and risk disciplinal measures.
- Each person will acquire knowledge from the others and look for potential collaborative works with individual from different disciplinal background.
- Research activities are deemed reflective of the level of disciplinal specialization attained by the individual and the entire academic faculty.
- The disciplinal courses apply the foundational principles to a particular field, ranging from food service to financial management.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'mortification by scourging oneself'): via Old French from Latin disciplina 'instruction, knowledge', from discipulus (see disciple).

Definition of discipline in US English:

discipline

nounˈdɪsəplənˈdisəplən

1The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
a lack of proper parental and school discipline
Example sentencesExamples
- They know that forms of discipline which reward good behaviour, rather than punishing the bad, are more effective, safer and promote better relationships at home.
- This legal code dealt with military discipline, criminal law and societal customs and regulation.
- They need rules and discipline not tea and sympathy for their wrongdoings.
- ‘Those who are responsible for this… will be punished according to the army discipline and rules,’ he said.
- In 1923 parliament began to revise the code of military discipline.
- She said schools were reminded in 1994 that behaviour and discipline codes should include measures to counter bullying behaviour.
- To bring in the law as a big stick with which to beat parents of recalcitrant kids implies that there can be no discipline: only punishment.
- So great is the concern for discipline that some parents will even be insistent that their child receives harsh, practically militaristic, discipline.
- Institutionalization of discipline and dress codes is another strategy used to curb violence.
- Sparta was, as you know, a military state, so to be ‘Spartan’ is to adhere to a code of military discipline.
- His rule reveals an extremely severe discipline and detailed penal code.
- It is important to distinguish between discipline and punishment.
- The rules of discipline were not casually administered.
- A healthy family will set codes of behaviour, discipline and boundaries, which allow for some flexibility, but are consistent and always recognise the individuality of its members.
- Alongside the obsession with test results goes an insistence on discipline and harsh punishment of bad behaviour.
- Although the rhetoric of the military is all about discipline, the daily practice of the troops is a cut throat entrepreneurialism.
- A second possible interpretation emerges when parents' discussions of discipline practices are considered.
- And that fear is always accompanied by the threat of discipline, punishment, and violence.
- When parents set rules for discipline, children need to understand and respect the rules, which is possible only through communication and mutual respect.
- Along with the other cadets, he rose before dawn, kept his quarters neat, attended class and adhered to a military code of discipline.
Synonyms
control, regulation, direction, order, authority, rule, strictness, a firm hand
1. 1.1 The controlled behavior resulting from discipline.
  he was able to maintain discipline among his men
  Example sentencesExamples
  That meant tight budgetary discipline to control inflation, reduce the deficit and moderate the volume of public debt.
  It seems to me that this House cannot have it both ways, and that we need some consistency here in order to maintain discipline.
  Fasting is all about self control and discipline.
  This was done purely to bring about discipline among the players and maintain its dignity.
  Organised and efficient, others admire and respect their discipline, control and eloquence.
  She displays all the skills of her craft with discipline controlled by passion.
  What's needed from me is a little bit more control and discipline.
  In most cases it takes lots of self control and discipline, but it is the lack of those particular qualities in a majority of players that keeps the casino gaming industry thriving.
  It all becomes a matter of control or discipline or regard for other's situations despite your own wants.
  Here, the battle commanders had been able to maintain a semblance of discipline and control.
  Due to the complex flow process, absence of lane markings and avoidance of regulatory measures, drivers are not able to maintain lane discipline.
  They believe in instilling a deep sense of self-respect and discipline among students.
  At the time, his playing impressed me with its discipline, control, intelligence, and gorgeous sound, all directly in the service of the music.
  Traditionalists see crime and poverty as largely the result of a breakdown in social discipline or self control.
  The victory guaranteed them top place in their group and was deserved after they defended with discipline and controlled a game which witnessed several crowd incidents.
  It takes discipline or self control on the part of the trainer to make the horse into a disciple or follower, to cause the horse to willingly follow your lead.
  More than ever before, the working men of Chicago had to conform to new standards of industrial discipline and self control.
  ‘There is insufficient discipline on controlling costs in local government,’ he said.
  It also suggested that a high level of formalism, discipline, and control is required for flexibility to be achieved.
  As a result, what this recording lacks in kinetic excitement it gains in discipline and controlled wit.
  Synonyms
  control, regulation, direction, order, authority, rule, strictness, a firm hand
  self-control, self-discipline, self-government, control, controlled behaviour, self-restraint
2. 1.2 Activity or experience that provides mental or physical training.
  the tariqa offered spiritual discipline
  Kung fu is a discipline open to old and young
  Example sentencesExamples
  Shinto reinforced already strongly-established national notions of spiritual discipline and physical fitness.
  Yoga, you might be interested to know, is the oldest physical discipline in existence.
  Yoga as a means to mental and physical discipline and well being is also taught.
  In fact, the Roller Skating School has endeavoured to popularise this all-year sport as a physical training discipline in schools and colleges.
  "Just how do they favour certain sports disciplines over others.
  This new series explores a traditional spiritual discipline that offers sound guidance to help you cultivate the qualities of your soul.
  The practice of kata, as a lifelong physical discipline, is, however, an appropriate method of practice for older people.
  Thirty-five sports disciplines and four cultural activities will be offered during seven days of competitions.
  Though meditation is the main religious discipline practiced by convert Buddhists, chanted liturgies are an important part of many meditations.
  The government has also arrested thousands of practitioners of a spiritual discipline that primarily involves physical exercise and meditation.
  The group time must include some portion devoted to prayer and other spiritual disciplines.
  A group of friends and I have aimed to practice and develop bodybuilding in our city so as to show the aesthetic and physical profits of this discipline.
  For many spiritually oriented folks, this can include providing compassionate service or maintaining spiritual disciplines such as meditation.
  However, to be continuously successful at any physical discipline requires that you be sincere to yourself and dedicated to the game.
  It's a very physical discipline, how do you prepare for it?
  Synonyms
  teaching, tuition, coaching, tutoring, education, schooling, tutelage, pedagogy, andragogy
3. 1.3 A system of rules of conduct.
  he doesn't have to submit to normal disciplines
  Example sentencesExamples
  With normal investment disciplines applied, this approach could easily yield returns at 150 percent of the S&P 500.
  The former were to be policed and controlled, the latter discouraged through the disciplines of increasingly marketized welfare.
  The increase in support was possible because many domestic programs are exempt from World Trade Organization disciplines.
  That type of activity was only feasible and could only be guaranteed to have sufficient quality if an organisation had all the disciplines, funding and support to do it, he said.
  It must be driven from the top, because the implementation is not just the system, but a discipline.
  It will be negotiated in conformity with the rules and disciplines of the World Trade Organisation.
  When we go to Japan, we go there knowing all the rules and all the disciplines and how to participate in the game.
  It goes back to the basics of art in film by a self-imposed discipline of 10 ‘rules'.
  The discipline system is focussed on the values project.
  They affirmed that existing and emerging regional trading agreements should be consistent with WTO rules and disciplines.
  Self-regulation would be fine in an environment in which the normal disciplines of the market, including bankruptcy in some extreme cases, were allowed to function in full.
  It blurs the division between foreign and domestic policy, increases competitive pressures in markets, and makes globally-based trade rules and disciplines even more important.
  He said there was a system of disciplines to deal with the problem and he said he had no doubt that the safeguards would be removed ‘at an early stage.’
  Nevertheless, morality is intelligible only as a social discipline based on general rules impartially applied.
  The move away from national capitalisms to a more uniform system based on market disciplines has contributed to the undermining of the legitimacy of governments in Europe.
2A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.
sociology is a fairly new discipline
Example sentencesExamples
- Success seems to be a goal for all disciplines of psychology.
- Not for nothing are the branches of science called disciplines.
- This environment fostered new regional journals and a growing range of specialist journals catering to the interests of historians working in the branches of the discipline.
- Both men draw not only from their own disciplines but from their knowledge of history, sociology, and literature.
- Affiliative identities result from choices of academic discipline, graduate school, mentoring networks, and employing institution.
- Though it offers some of the most striking recent samples, history is not the only discipline in which scholarship has been put at risk.
- Different academic disciplines are characterized (in part) by their distinct approaches to substantiating knowledge.
- Anthropology is a social science discipline whose primary object of study has traditionally been non-Western, tribal societies.
- Many academic disciplines have defined keys journals in their field, but health education has failed to do so.
- Nowhere is that liberal ideology so powerful as in the discipline of economics".
- In turn, oral history has become more integrated into the discipline of history.
- The continuing development of comprehensive universities should allow them to extend their knowledge base in multiple disciplines and fields.
- Historians borrowed from such disciplines as political science, linguistics, economics, and philosophy.
- The project is even a little ironic, considering the history of the discipline of geography.
- Historians of psychology frequently grumble about the marginal status of historical scholarship within the discipline of psychology.
- With the exception of history and art history, graduate students and contingent faculty teach more than half of the courses offered in the disciplines studied.
- Medicine and law were the first disciplines to professionalize their knowledge.
- With such technology, individual scholars may even be able to afford to own the entire recorded knowledge of their disciplines.
- These scholars are commonly based in universities and research academies in the disciplines of philosophy, history, and literature.
- Although similar to other inductive processes, this methodology differs in that it emerges from the discipline of sociology.
Synonyms
field, field of study, branch of knowledge, course of study, subject, area

verbˈdɪsəplənˈdisəplən

[with object]

1Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
many parents have been afraid to discipline their children
Example sentencesExamples
- It is also a dishonest campaign, since most of its proponents object to any form of punishment that parents use to discipline their children.
- The problem seems to be less the availability of the drug than the fact that society has lost confidence in its ability to educate and discipline children.
- Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren.
- A state's truant officers can also discipline the parents of delinquent students if they either aid or condone their children's misconduct.
- It must thus be proper to punish the parents by calling them from work so they can discipline their child to ensure compliance with the code of conduct of the school.
- This behaviour only started recently after she was disciplined for throwing food in the classroom, but I have to admit I am not sure of what to do next.
- Spanking is not just a right parents have when dealing with their children; nor is it just a necessary tool for training and disciplining children.
- ‘We do believe in disciplining our children to stop them behaving badly,’ she said.
- To effectively discipline a child, parents must have set rules and reasons to reinforce them.
- Since the government banned corporal punishment in schools, teachers think they cannot discipline the children.
- If anything, I called for the reinstatement of teachers' powers to discipline students, including the administering of corporal punishment.
- One thing disciplining a child has taught me is that you need to keep iron control over your temper and watch what you do - because your child is watching and taking cues from your behavior.
- This means more than just teaching us and disciplining us.
- If a good father disciplines his child to teach him, and a bad father punishes his child to let out frustration, a terrible father shows no interest at all.
- Even teachers are reluctant to intervene and often feel it is not their responsibility to discipline young people.
- The slant-eyed boy took a little longer, but showed the same obstinate behavior and the sheriff had to discipline him accordingly.
- Physical punishment is not the most effective way to discipline children.
- Equally, while a parent cannot be made to love his child, he can be limited by the law in how far he can use physical punishment to discipline his child.
- The teachers seemed for the most part to hate their jobs, and spent more time disciplining students than they did actually teaching.
- On other occasions I delved into very personal issues, such as problems with in-laws or disciplining children.
Synonyms
train, drill, teach, school, coach, educate, regiment, indoctrinate
1. 1.1 Punish or rebuke (someone) formally for an offense.
  a member of the staff was to be disciplined by management
  Example sentencesExamples
  Depending on who the line manager was, you could be disciplined for not wearing it, and that was unacceptable.
  Regulatory law may demand that the rules be legally enforceable and that members be disciplined for their breach.
  Have they been fired, disciplined or reprimanded?
  The brigade commander will be disciplined for failing to manage his troops properly.
  During the flight the production manager spoke of how he had had to discipline one of his staff for lateness.
  To help enforce these new restrictions, the programme-makers have also introduced a formal disciplining mechanism.
  The body claims that people have been held accountable; senior management were disciplined and lost their bonuses.
  If I am breaking union rules, let them discipline me.
  Could I go to section 10, the power to discipline by way of reprimand.
  The deputies were later disciplined for offences that included not stopping the beating and not writing up a report about it.
  Only one state board had disciplined a physician for undertreatment of pain.
  I'm not saying that the analysts don't deserve to be disciplined or punished.
  He should be reprimanded and disciplined in the same manner as players and managers.
  About a decade ago, seeking to give managers more power, the department instituted binding arbitration for disciplining officers.
  The secretary of the Footballers' Association said there were already heavy punishments available to discipline footballers.
  Managers at the hospital have been disciplined following an investigation.
  Management officials disciplined all of them with punishments ranging from a one-week layoff to discharge.
  Several staff have been disciplined and one senior manager is understood to have quit since the scandal.
  It is the job of supervisory departments and public prosecutors to discipline and punish the relevant departments.
  I requested that the officers be disciplined and properly trained.
  Synonyms
  punish, penalize, take disciplinary action against, bring to book
2. 1.2discipline oneself to do something Train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way.
  every month discipline yourself to go through the file
  Example sentencesExamples
  Arranging regular practice with a group of skaters is a great way to discipline yourself to work on technique often.
  Read something you disagree with and discipline yourself to analyze why you disagree.
  You must discipline yourself to eat properly, with what is available where you live.
  Finally, he said, he disciplined himself to represent each image faithfully by hand.
  Also I need to give myself lots of study time because I loathe studying and I'm rather bad at disciplining myself to do it.
  This is a difficult task and a constant battle, but I firmly believe that by disciplining ourselves to work together as one, it is the only way to achieve true peace and happiness.
  This time out, however, he disciplines himself to reach the goal.
  To control risks, you'll need to set targets - and discipline yourself to follow them.
  'Over the last year I found it hard to discipline myself to get on with my work', she said.
  See, there's a reason I discipline myself to be faithful to electronic media.
  Thirdly, we have to discipline ourselves to begin to train.
  Developing a financial plan means taking control of what you have now and disciplining yourself to manage your money to reach those goals you have set for yourself and your family.
  It amazed him how much these people had to discipline themselves to stay that way.
  I really must discipline myself to get up and wake up.
  As a jockey I disciplined myself to put money aside to pay my tax bills, which were for tens of thousands of pounds.
  Set your clock a half hour earlier and discipline yourself to arrive early for work or appointments.
  Like many of the students on his course he finds mathematics difficult and has been unable to discipline himself to distribute the workload evenly throughout the term.
  Managers have to discipline themselves to set clear goals and measurable outcomes for teleworking employees rather than acting as timekeepers.
  Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day.
  I started my blog in order to discipline myself to write every day.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘mortification by scourging oneself’): via Old French from Latin disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge’, from discipulus (see disciple).

单词	discipline
释义	Definition of discipline in English: discipline noun ˈdɪsɪplɪnˈdɪsəplən 1mass noun The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience. a lack of proper parental and school discipline Example sentencesExamples Along with the other cadets, he rose before dawn, kept his quarters neat, attended class and adhered to a military code of discipline. Institutionalization of discipline and dress codes is another strategy used to curb violence. She said schools were reminded in 1994 that behaviour and discipline codes should include measures to counter bullying behaviour. So great is the concern for discipline that some parents will even be insistent that their child receives harsh, practically militaristic, discipline. And that fear is always accompanied by the threat of discipline, punishment, and violence. ‘Those who are responsible for this… will be punished according to the army discipline and rules,’ he said. In 1923 parliament began to revise the code of military discipline. It is important to distinguish between discipline and punishment. A healthy family will set codes of behaviour, discipline and boundaries, which allow for some flexibility, but are consistent and always recognise the individuality of its members. To bring in the law as a big stick with which to beat parents of recalcitrant kids implies that there can be no discipline: only punishment. The rules of discipline were not casually administered. His rule reveals an extremely severe discipline and detailed penal code. A second possible interpretation emerges when parents' discussions of discipline practices are considered. Sparta was, as you know, a military state, so to be ‘Spartan’ is to adhere to a code of military discipline. They know that forms of discipline which reward good behaviour, rather than punishing the bad, are more effective, safer and promote better relationships at home. Although the rhetoric of the military is all about discipline, the daily practice of the troops is a cut throat entrepreneurialism. Alongside the obsession with test results goes an insistence on discipline and harsh punishment of bad behaviour. They need rules and discipline not tea and sympathy for their wrongdoings. When parents set rules for discipline, children need to understand and respect the rules, which is possible only through communication and mutual respect. This legal code dealt with military discipline, criminal law and societal customs and regulation. Synonyms control, regulation, direction, order, authority, rule, strictness, a firm hand 1.1 The controlled behaviour resulting from such training. he was able to maintain discipline among his men Example sentencesExamples Fasting is all about self control and discipline. In most cases it takes lots of self control and discipline, but it is the lack of those particular qualities in a majority of players that keeps the casino gaming industry thriving. It seems to me that this House cannot have it both ways, and that we need some consistency here in order to maintain discipline. ‘There is insufficient discipline on controlling costs in local government,’ he said. At the time, his playing impressed me with its discipline, control, intelligence, and gorgeous sound, all directly in the service of the music. That meant tight budgetary discipline to control inflation, reduce the deficit and moderate the volume of public debt. Here, the battle commanders had been able to maintain a semblance of discipline and control. What's needed from me is a little bit more control and discipline. The victory guaranteed them top place in their group and was deserved after they defended with discipline and controlled a game which witnessed several crowd incidents. Due to the complex flow process, absence of lane markings and avoidance of regulatory measures, drivers are not able to maintain lane discipline. This was done purely to bring about discipline among the players and maintain its dignity. She displays all the skills of her craft with discipline controlled by passion. As a result, what this recording lacks in kinetic excitement it gains in discipline and controlled wit. It takes discipline or self control on the part of the trainer to make the horse into a disciple or follower, to cause the horse to willingly follow your lead. Organised and efficient, others admire and respect their discipline, control and eloquence. More than ever before, the working men of Chicago had to conform to new standards of industrial discipline and self control. It all becomes a matter of control or discipline or regard for other's situations despite your own wants. It also suggested that a high level of formalism, discipline, and control is required for flexibility to be achieved. They believe in instilling a deep sense of self-respect and discipline among students. Traditionalists see crime and poverty as largely the result of a breakdown in social discipline or self control. Synonyms self-control, self-discipline, self-government, control, controlled behaviour, self-restraint good behaviour, orderliness, obedience 1.2 Activity that provides mental or physical training. the tariqa offered spiritual discipline count noun Kung fu is a discipline open to old and young Example sentencesExamples A group of friends and I have aimed to practice and develop bodybuilding in our city so as to show the aesthetic and physical profits of this discipline. In fact, the Roller Skating School has endeavoured to popularise this all-year sport as a physical training discipline in schools and colleges. Though meditation is the main religious discipline practiced by convert Buddhists, chanted liturgies are an important part of many meditations. However, to be continuously successful at any physical discipline requires that you be sincere to yourself and dedicated to the game. The government has also arrested thousands of practitioners of a spiritual discipline that primarily involves physical exercise and meditation. Yoga as a means to mental and physical discipline and well being is also taught. "Just how do they favour certain sports disciplines over others. The practice of kata, as a lifelong physical discipline, is, however, an appropriate method of practice for older people. For many spiritually oriented folks, this can include providing compassionate service or maintaining spiritual disciplines such as meditation. Thirty-five sports disciplines and four cultural activities will be offered during seven days of competitions. Shinto reinforced already strongly-established national notions of spiritual discipline and physical fitness. It's a very physical discipline, how do you prepare for it? Yoga, you might be interested to know, is the oldest physical discipline in existence. This new series explores a traditional spiritual discipline that offers sound guidance to help you cultivate the qualities of your soul. The group time must include some portion devoted to prayer and other spiritual disciplines. Synonyms teaching, tuition, coaching, tutoring, education, schooling, tutelage, pedagogy, andragogy 1.3count noun A system of rules of conduct. he doesn't have to submit to normal disciplines Example sentencesExamples He said there was a system of disciplines to deal with the problem and he said he had no doubt that the safeguards would be removed ‘at an early stage.’ They affirmed that existing and emerging regional trading agreements should be consistent with WTO rules and disciplines. The discipline system is focussed on the values project. Self-regulation would be fine in an environment in which the normal disciplines of the market, including bankruptcy in some extreme cases, were allowed to function in full. That type of activity was only feasible and could only be guaranteed to have sufficient quality if an organisation had all the disciplines, funding and support to do it, he said. With normal investment disciplines applied, this approach could easily yield returns at 150 percent of the S&P 500. Nevertheless, morality is intelligible only as a social discipline based on general rules impartially applied. The former were to be policed and controlled, the latter discouraged through the disciplines of increasingly marketized welfare. It will be negotiated in conformity with the rules and disciplines of the World Trade Organisation. It blurs the division between foreign and domestic policy, increases competitive pressures in markets, and makes globally-based trade rules and disciplines even more important. It goes back to the basics of art in film by a self-imposed discipline of 10 ‘rules'. The increase in support was possible because many domestic programs are exempt from World Trade Organization disciplines. It must be driven from the top, because the implementation is not just the system, but a discipline. When we go to Japan, we go there knowing all the rules and all the disciplines and how to participate in the game. The move away from national capitalisms to a more uniform system based on market disciplines has contributed to the undermining of the legitimacy of governments in Europe. 2A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education. sociology is a fairly new discipline Example sentencesExamples Success seems to be a goal for all disciplines of psychology. Though it offers some of the most striking recent samples, history is not the only discipline in which scholarship has been put at risk. Not for nothing are the branches of science called disciplines. Nowhere is that liberal ideology so powerful as in the discipline of economics". Anthropology is a social science discipline whose primary object of study has traditionally been non-Western, tribal societies. Different academic disciplines are characterized (in part) by their distinct approaches to substantiating knowledge. This environment fostered new regional journals and a growing range of specialist journals catering to the interests of historians working in the branches of the discipline. Historians of psychology frequently grumble about the marginal status of historical scholarship within the discipline of psychology. The continuing development of comprehensive universities should allow them to extend their knowledge base in multiple disciplines and fields. Historians borrowed from such disciplines as political science, linguistics, economics, and philosophy. With the exception of history and art history, graduate students and contingent faculty teach more than half of the courses offered in the disciplines studied. With such technology, individual scholars may even be able to afford to own the entire recorded knowledge of their disciplines. These scholars are commonly based in universities and research academies in the disciplines of philosophy, history, and literature. Both men draw not only from their own disciplines but from their knowledge of history, sociology, and literature. Many academic disciplines have defined keys journals in their field, but health education has failed to do so. Although similar to other inductive processes, this methodology differs in that it emerges from the discipline of sociology. The project is even a little ironic, considering the history of the discipline of geography. Medicine and law were the first disciplines to professionalize their knowledge. In turn, oral history has become more integrated into the discipline of history. Affiliative identities result from choices of academic discipline, graduate school, mentoring networks, and employing institution. Synonyms field (of study), branch of knowledge, course of study, subject, area specialist subject, speciality, specialty verb ˈdɪsɪplɪnˈdɪsəplən [with object] 1Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience. many parents have been afraid to discipline their children Example sentencesExamples Equally, while a parent cannot be made to love his child, he can be limited by the law in how far he can use physical punishment to discipline his child. A state's truant officers can also discipline the parents of delinquent students if they either aid or condone their children's misconduct. The slant-eyed boy took a little longer, but showed the same obstinate behavior and the sheriff had to discipline him accordingly. The problem seems to be less the availability of the drug than the fact that society has lost confidence in its ability to educate and discipline children. Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren. One thing disciplining a child has taught me is that you need to keep iron control over your temper and watch what you do - because your child is watching and taking cues from your behavior. If a good father disciplines his child to teach him, and a bad father punishes his child to let out frustration, a terrible father shows no interest at all. It is also a dishonest campaign, since most of its proponents object to any form of punishment that parents use to discipline their children. Spanking is not just a right parents have when dealing with their children; nor is it just a necessary tool for training and disciplining children. Since the government banned corporal punishment in schools, teachers think they cannot discipline the children. The teachers seemed for the most part to hate their jobs, and spent more time disciplining students than they did actually teaching. It must thus be proper to punish the parents by calling them from work so they can discipline their child to ensure compliance with the code of conduct of the school. ‘We do believe in disciplining our children to stop them behaving badly,’ she said. This behaviour only started recently after she was disciplined for throwing food in the classroom, but I have to admit I am not sure of what to do next. If anything, I called for the reinstatement of teachers' powers to discipline students, including the administering of corporal punishment. To effectively discipline a child, parents must have set rules and reasons to reinforce them. This means more than just teaching us and disciplining us. Physical punishment is not the most effective way to discipline children. On other occasions I delved into very personal issues, such as problems with in-laws or disciplining children. Even teachers are reluctant to intervene and often feel it is not their responsibility to discipline young people. Synonyms train, drill, teach, school, coach, educate, regiment, indoctrinate lay down the law to someone, bring into line 1.1 Punish or rebuke formally for an offence. a member of staff was to be disciplined by management Example sentencesExamples Depending on who the line manager was, you could be disciplined for not wearing it, and that was unacceptable. I requested that the officers be disciplined and properly trained. About a decade ago, seeking to give managers more power, the department instituted binding arbitration for disciplining officers. Regulatory law may demand that the rules be legally enforceable and that members be disciplined for their breach. Could I go to section 10, the power to discipline by way of reprimand. The secretary of the Footballers' Association said there were already heavy punishments available to discipline footballers. Management officials disciplined all of them with punishments ranging from a one-week layoff to discharge. Several staff have been disciplined and one senior manager is understood to have quit since the scandal. Managers at the hospital have been disciplined following an investigation. Only one state board had disciplined a physician for undertreatment of pain. It is the job of supervisory departments and public prosecutors to discipline and punish the relevant departments. To help enforce these new restrictions, the programme-makers have also introduced a formal disciplining mechanism. Have they been fired, disciplined or reprimanded? The body claims that people have been held accountable; senior management were disciplined and lost their bonuses. If I am breaking union rules, let them discipline me. I'm not saying that the analysts don't deserve to be disciplined or punished. The deputies were later disciplined for offences that included not stopping the beating and not writing up a report about it. During the flight the production manager spoke of how he had had to discipline one of his staff for lateness. He should be reprimanded and disciplined in the same manner as players and managers. The brigade commander will be disciplined for failing to manage his troops properly. Synonyms punish, penalize, take disciplinary action against, bring to book reprimand, rebuke, reprove, chastise, castigate, upbraid, remonstrate with informal dress down, give someone a dressing-down, rap over the knuckles, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, put on the mat British informal carpet, put on the carpet archaic chasten 1.2discipline oneself to do something Train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way. every month discipline yourself to go through the file Example sentencesExamples This time out, however, he disciplines himself to reach the goal. Thirdly, we have to discipline ourselves to begin to train. 'Over the last year I found it hard to discipline myself to get on with my work', she said. As a jockey I disciplined myself to put money aside to pay my tax bills, which were for tens of thousands of pounds. Set your clock a half hour earlier and discipline yourself to arrive early for work or appointments. Read something you disagree with and discipline yourself to analyze why you disagree. This is a difficult task and a constant battle, but I firmly believe that by disciplining ourselves to work together as one, it is the only way to achieve true peace and happiness. You must discipline yourself to eat properly, with what is available where you live. Arranging regular practice with a group of skaters is a great way to discipline yourself to work on technique often. Also I need to give myself lots of study time because I loathe studying and I'm rather bad at disciplining myself to do it. Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day. See, there's a reason I discipline myself to be faithful to electronic media. Like many of the students on his course he finds mathematics difficult and has been unable to discipline himself to distribute the workload evenly throughout the term. I started my blog in order to discipline myself to write every day. Finally, he said, he disciplined himself to represent each image faithfully by hand. To control risks, you'll need to set targets - and discipline yourself to follow them. Developing a financial plan means taking control of what you have now and disciplining yourself to manage your money to reach those goals you have set for yourself and your family. I really must discipline myself to get up and wake up. Managers have to discipline themselves to set clear goals and measurable outcomes for teleworking employees rather than acting as timekeepers. It amazed him how much these people had to discipline themselves to stay that way. Derivatives disciplinable adjective ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəb(ə)lˈdɪsɪˌplɪnəb(ə)l But perhaps you may determine the offence properly disciplinable, and not demanding forbearance. Example sentencesExamples If it is not the standard of care, the doctor is disciplinable. For this reason, it is advisable to fire with cause whenever possible, and to document poor performance or disciplinable offences as they occur. A lawyer should not be placed in the position where compliance under one rule constitutes disciplinable misconduct under another rule. If securities such as bearer bonds are given to the attorney to hold and are merely placed in a locked filing cabinet in the office and not identified or placed in a safe deposit box, the attorney has committed a disciplinable violation. disciplinal adjective ˌdɪsɪˈplʌɪn(ə)lˈdɪsɪˌplɪn(ə)lˈdɪsɪplɪn(ə)l As already stated, however, disciplinal perspective is not the only sort of perspective possible or needed. Example sentencesExamples This is pointless; you irritate other users and risk disciplinal measures. Each person will acquire knowledge from the others and look for potential collaborative works with individual from different disciplinal background. Research activities are deemed reflective of the level of disciplinal specialization attained by the individual and the entire academic faculty. The disciplinal courses apply the foundational principles to a particular field, ranging from food service to financial management. Origin Middle English (in the sense 'mortification by scourging oneself'): via Old French from Latin disciplina 'instruction, knowledge', from discipulus (see disciple). Definition of discipline in US English: discipline nounˈdɪsəplənˈdisəplən 1The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience. a lack of proper parental and school discipline Example sentencesExamples They know that forms of discipline which reward good behaviour, rather than punishing the bad, are more effective, safer and promote better relationships at home. This legal code dealt with military discipline, criminal law and societal customs and regulation. They need rules and discipline not tea and sympathy for their wrongdoings. ‘Those who are responsible for this… will be punished according to the army discipline and rules,’ he said. In 1923 parliament began to revise the code of military discipline. She said schools were reminded in 1994 that behaviour and discipline codes should include measures to counter bullying behaviour. To bring in the law as a big stick with which to beat parents of recalcitrant kids implies that there can be no discipline: only punishment. So great is the concern for discipline that some parents will even be insistent that their child receives harsh, practically militaristic, discipline. Institutionalization of discipline and dress codes is another strategy used to curb violence. Sparta was, as you know, a military state, so to be ‘Spartan’ is to adhere to a code of military discipline. His rule reveals an extremely severe discipline and detailed penal code. It is important to distinguish between discipline and punishment. The rules of discipline were not casually administered. A healthy family will set codes of behaviour, discipline and boundaries, which allow for some flexibility, but are consistent and always recognise the individuality of its members. Alongside the obsession with test results goes an insistence on discipline and harsh punishment of bad behaviour. Although the rhetoric of the military is all about discipline, the daily practice of the troops is a cut throat entrepreneurialism. A second possible interpretation emerges when parents' discussions of discipline practices are considered. And that fear is always accompanied by the threat of discipline, punishment, and violence. When parents set rules for discipline, children need to understand and respect the rules, which is possible only through communication and mutual respect. Along with the other cadets, he rose before dawn, kept his quarters neat, attended class and adhered to a military code of discipline. Synonyms control, regulation, direction, order, authority, rule, strictness, a firm hand 1.1 The controlled behavior resulting from discipline. he was able to maintain discipline among his men Example sentencesExamples That meant tight budgetary discipline to control inflation, reduce the deficit and moderate the volume of public debt. It seems to me that this House cannot have it both ways, and that we need some consistency here in order to maintain discipline. Fasting is all about self control and discipline. This was done purely to bring about discipline among the players and maintain its dignity. Organised and efficient, others admire and respect their discipline, control and eloquence. She displays all the skills of her craft with discipline controlled by passion. What's needed from me is a little bit more control and discipline. In most cases it takes lots of self control and discipline, but it is the lack of those particular qualities in a majority of players that keeps the casino gaming industry thriving. It all becomes a matter of control or discipline or regard for other's situations despite your own wants. Here, the battle commanders had been able to maintain a semblance of discipline and control. Due to the complex flow process, absence of lane markings and avoidance of regulatory measures, drivers are not able to maintain lane discipline. They believe in instilling a deep sense of self-respect and discipline among students. At the time, his playing impressed me with its discipline, control, intelligence, and gorgeous sound, all directly in the service of the music. Traditionalists see crime and poverty as largely the result of a breakdown in social discipline or self control. The victory guaranteed them top place in their group and was deserved after they defended with discipline and controlled a game which witnessed several crowd incidents. It takes discipline or self control on the part of the trainer to make the horse into a disciple or follower, to cause the horse to willingly follow your lead. More than ever before, the working men of Chicago had to conform to new standards of industrial discipline and self control. ‘There is insufficient discipline on controlling costs in local government,’ he said. It also suggested that a high level of formalism, discipline, and control is required for flexibility to be achieved. As a result, what this recording lacks in kinetic excitement it gains in discipline and controlled wit. Synonyms control, regulation, direction, order, authority, rule, strictness, a firm hand self-control, self-discipline, self-government, control, controlled behaviour, self-restraint 1.2 Activity or experience that provides mental or physical training. the tariqa offered spiritual discipline Kung fu is a discipline open to old and young Example sentencesExamples Shinto reinforced already strongly-established national notions of spiritual discipline and physical fitness. Yoga, you might be interested to know, is the oldest physical discipline in existence. Yoga as a means to mental and physical discipline and well being is also taught. In fact, the Roller Skating School has endeavoured to popularise this all-year sport as a physical training discipline in schools and colleges. "Just how do they favour certain sports disciplines over others. This new series explores a traditional spiritual discipline that offers sound guidance to help you cultivate the qualities of your soul. The practice of kata, as a lifelong physical discipline, is, however, an appropriate method of practice for older people. Thirty-five sports disciplines and four cultural activities will be offered during seven days of competitions. Though meditation is the main religious discipline practiced by convert Buddhists, chanted liturgies are an important part of many meditations. The government has also arrested thousands of practitioners of a spiritual discipline that primarily involves physical exercise and meditation. The group time must include some portion devoted to prayer and other spiritual disciplines. A group of friends and I have aimed to practice and develop bodybuilding in our city so as to show the aesthetic and physical profits of this discipline. For many spiritually oriented folks, this can include providing compassionate service or maintaining spiritual disciplines such as meditation. However, to be continuously successful at any physical discipline requires that you be sincere to yourself and dedicated to the game. It's a very physical discipline, how do you prepare for it? Synonyms teaching, tuition, coaching, tutoring, education, schooling, tutelage, pedagogy, andragogy 1.3 A system of rules of conduct. he doesn't have to submit to normal disciplines Example sentencesExamples With normal investment disciplines applied, this approach could easily yield returns at 150 percent of the S&P 500. The former were to be policed and controlled, the latter discouraged through the disciplines of increasingly marketized welfare. The increase in support was possible because many domestic programs are exempt from World Trade Organization disciplines. That type of activity was only feasible and could only be guaranteed to have sufficient quality if an organisation had all the disciplines, funding and support to do it, he said. It must be driven from the top, because the implementation is not just the system, but a discipline. It will be negotiated in conformity with the rules and disciplines of the World Trade Organisation. When we go to Japan, we go there knowing all the rules and all the disciplines and how to participate in the game. It goes back to the basics of art in film by a self-imposed discipline of 10 ‘rules'. The discipline system is focussed on the values project. They affirmed that existing and emerging regional trading agreements should be consistent with WTO rules and disciplines. Self-regulation would be fine in an environment in which the normal disciplines of the market, including bankruptcy in some extreme cases, were allowed to function in full. It blurs the division between foreign and domestic policy, increases competitive pressures in markets, and makes globally-based trade rules and disciplines even more important. He said there was a system of disciplines to deal with the problem and he said he had no doubt that the safeguards would be removed ‘at an early stage.’ Nevertheless, morality is intelligible only as a social discipline based on general rules impartially applied. The move away from national capitalisms to a more uniform system based on market disciplines has contributed to the undermining of the legitimacy of governments in Europe. 2A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education. sociology is a fairly new discipline Example sentencesExamples Success seems to be a goal for all disciplines of psychology. Not for nothing are the branches of science called disciplines. This environment fostered new regional journals and a growing range of specialist journals catering to the interests of historians working in the branches of the discipline. Both men draw not only from their own disciplines but from their knowledge of history, sociology, and literature. Affiliative identities result from choices of academic discipline, graduate school, mentoring networks, and employing institution. Though it offers some of the most striking recent samples, history is not the only discipline in which scholarship has been put at risk. Different academic disciplines are characterized (in part) by their distinct approaches to substantiating knowledge. Anthropology is a social science discipline whose primary object of study has traditionally been non-Western, tribal societies. Many academic disciplines have defined keys journals in their field, but health education has failed to do so. Nowhere is that liberal ideology so powerful as in the discipline of economics". In turn, oral history has become more integrated into the discipline of history. The continuing development of comprehensive universities should allow them to extend their knowledge base in multiple disciplines and fields. Historians borrowed from such disciplines as political science, linguistics, economics, and philosophy. The project is even a little ironic, considering the history of the discipline of geography. Historians of psychology frequently grumble about the marginal status of historical scholarship within the discipline of psychology. With the exception of history and art history, graduate students and contingent faculty teach more than half of the courses offered in the disciplines studied. Medicine and law were the first disciplines to professionalize their knowledge. With such technology, individual scholars may even be able to afford to own the entire recorded knowledge of their disciplines. These scholars are commonly based in universities and research academies in the disciplines of philosophy, history, and literature. Although similar to other inductive processes, this methodology differs in that it emerges from the discipline of sociology. Synonyms field, field of study, branch of knowledge, course of study, subject, area verbˈdɪsəplənˈdisəplən [with object] 1Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience. many parents have been afraid to discipline their children Example sentencesExamples It is also a dishonest campaign, since most of its proponents object to any form of punishment that parents use to discipline their children. The problem seems to be less the availability of the drug than the fact that society has lost confidence in its ability to educate and discipline children. Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren. A state's truant officers can also discipline the parents of delinquent students if they either aid or condone their children's misconduct. It must thus be proper to punish the parents by calling them from work so they can discipline their child to ensure compliance with the code of conduct of the school. This behaviour only started recently after she was disciplined for throwing food in the classroom, but I have to admit I am not sure of what to do next. Spanking is not just a right parents have when dealing with their children; nor is it just a necessary tool for training and disciplining children. ‘We do believe in disciplining our children to stop them behaving badly,’ she said. To effectively discipline a child, parents must have set rules and reasons to reinforce them. Since the government banned corporal punishment in schools, teachers think they cannot discipline the children. If anything, I called for the reinstatement of teachers' powers to discipline students, including the administering of corporal punishment. One thing disciplining a child has taught me is that you need to keep iron control over your temper and watch what you do - because your child is watching and taking cues from your behavior. This means more than just teaching us and disciplining us. If a good father disciplines his child to teach him, and a bad father punishes his child to let out frustration, a terrible father shows no interest at all. Even teachers are reluctant to intervene and often feel it is not their responsibility to discipline young people. The slant-eyed boy took a little longer, but showed the same obstinate behavior and the sheriff had to discipline him accordingly. Physical punishment is not the most effective way to discipline children. Equally, while a parent cannot be made to love his child, he can be limited by the law in how far he can use physical punishment to discipline his child. The teachers seemed for the most part to hate their jobs, and spent more time disciplining students than they did actually teaching. On other occasions I delved into very personal issues, such as problems with in-laws or disciplining children. Synonyms train, drill, teach, school, coach, educate, regiment, indoctrinate 1.1 Punish or rebuke (someone) formally for an offense. a member of the staff was to be disciplined by management Example sentencesExamples Depending on who the line manager was, you could be disciplined for not wearing it, and that was unacceptable. Regulatory law may demand that the rules be legally enforceable and that members be disciplined for their breach. Have they been fired, disciplined or reprimanded? The brigade commander will be disciplined for failing to manage his troops properly. During the flight the production manager spoke of how he had had to discipline one of his staff for lateness. To help enforce these new restrictions, the programme-makers have also introduced a formal disciplining mechanism. The body claims that people have been held accountable; senior management were disciplined and lost their bonuses. If I am breaking union rules, let them discipline me. Could I go to section 10, the power to discipline by way of reprimand. The deputies were later disciplined for offences that included not stopping the beating and not writing up a report about it. Only one state board had disciplined a physician for undertreatment of pain. I'm not saying that the analysts don't deserve to be disciplined or punished. He should be reprimanded and disciplined in the same manner as players and managers. About a decade ago, seeking to give managers more power, the department instituted binding arbitration for disciplining officers. The secretary of the Footballers' Association said there were already heavy punishments available to discipline footballers. Managers at the hospital have been disciplined following an investigation. Management officials disciplined all of them with punishments ranging from a one-week layoff to discharge. Several staff have been disciplined and one senior manager is understood to have quit since the scandal. It is the job of supervisory departments and public prosecutors to discipline and punish the relevant departments. I requested that the officers be disciplined and properly trained. Synonyms punish, penalize, take disciplinary action against, bring to book 1.2discipline oneself to do something Train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way. every month discipline yourself to go through the file Example sentencesExamples Arranging regular practice with a group of skaters is a great way to discipline yourself to work on technique often. Read something you disagree with and discipline yourself to analyze why you disagree. You must discipline yourself to eat properly, with what is available where you live. Finally, he said, he disciplined himself to represent each image faithfully by hand. Also I need to give myself lots of study time because I loathe studying and I'm rather bad at disciplining myself to do it. This is a difficult task and a constant battle, but I firmly believe that by disciplining ourselves to work together as one, it is the only way to achieve true peace and happiness. This time out, however, he disciplines himself to reach the goal. To control risks, you'll need to set targets - and discipline yourself to follow them. 'Over the last year I found it hard to discipline myself to get on with my work', she said. See, there's a reason I discipline myself to be faithful to electronic media. Thirdly, we have to discipline ourselves to begin to train. Developing a financial plan means taking control of what you have now and disciplining yourself to manage your money to reach those goals you have set for yourself and your family. It amazed him how much these people had to discipline themselves to stay that way. I really must discipline myself to get up and wake up. As a jockey I disciplined myself to put money aside to pay my tax bills, which were for tens of thousands of pounds. Set your clock a half hour earlier and discipline yourself to arrive early for work or appointments. Like many of the students on his course he finds mathematics difficult and has been unable to discipline himself to distribute the workload evenly throughout the term. Managers have to discipline themselves to set clear goals and measurable outcomes for teleworking employees rather than acting as timekeepers. Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day. I started my blog in order to discipline myself to write every day. Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘mortification by scourging oneself’): via Old French from Latin disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge’, from discipulus (see disciple).
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