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Definitions for Disciplining

[1] training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
[2] activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.
[3] punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
[4] the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.: the harsh discipline of poverty.
[5] behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control: good discipline in an army.
[6] a set or system of rules and regulations.
[7] Ecclesiastical . the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.
[8] an instrument of punishment, especially a whip or scourge, used in the practice of self-mortification or as an instrument of chastisement in certain religious communities.
[9] a branch of instruction or learning: the disciplines of history and economics.
[10] to train by instruction and exercise; drill.
[11] to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control.
[12] to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise.
[13] training or conditions imposed for the improvement of physical powers, self-control, etc
[14] systematic training in obedience to regulations and authority
[15] the state of improved behaviour, etc, resulting from such training or conditions
[16] punishment or chastisement
[17] a system of rules for behaviour, methods of practice, etc
[18] a branch of learning or instruction
[19] the laws governing members of a Church
[20] a scourge of knotted cords
[21] to improve or attempt to improve the behaviour, orderliness, etc, of by training, conditions, or rules
[22] to punish or correct

Words related to Disciplining

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Words nearby Disciplining

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Origin of Disciplining

e1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin disciplīna instruction, tuition, equivalent to discipul(us ) disciple + -ina -ine2

Other words from Disciplining

dis·ci·pli·nal [dis -uh -pluh -nl, -plin-l, dis-uh -plahyn -l] /ˈdɪs ə plə nl, -ˌplɪn l, ˌdɪs əˈplaɪn l/ , adjective
dis·ci·plin·er , noun
mul·ti·dis·ci·pline , noun
non·dis·ci·plin·ing , adjective
o·ver·dis·ci·pline , verb, o·ver·dis·ci·plined, o·ver·dis·ci·plin·ing.
pre·dis·ci·pline , noun, verb (used with object), pre·dis·ci·plined, pre·dis·ci·plin·ing.
re·dis·ci·pline , verb (used with object), re·dis·ci·plined, re·dis·ci·plin·ing.
sub·dis·ci·pline , noun

Word origin for Disciplining

eC13: from Latin disciplīna teaching, from discipulus disciple

Synonyms for Disciplining

artistic, developmental, adorning, advancing, beautifying, beneficial, broadening, civilizing, constructive, corrective, dignifying, edifying, educative, elevating, ennobling, enriching, expanding, glorifying, helpful, humane, humanizing, influential, inspirational, instructive, learned, liberal, liberalizing, nurturing, ornamenting, polishing, promoting, raising, refined, refining, regenerative, socializing, stimulating, uplifting, widening