discipline

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A controlled behaviour; self-control.

sustantivo

1
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
2
A controlled behaviour; self-control. An enforced compliance or control.
The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline.
3
A controlled behaviour; self-control. A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
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?
4
A controlled behaviour; self-control. A state of order based on submission to authority.
Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
5
A controlled behaviour; self-control. A set of rules regulating behaviour.
6
A controlled behaviour; self-control. A punishment to train or maintain control.
giving her the discipline of the strap
7
A controlled behaviour; self-control. A punishment to train or maintain control. A whip used for self-flagellation.
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.
8
A controlled behaviour; self-control. A punishment to train or maintain control. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
9
A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
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.
10
A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.

Etimología

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”).

verbo

1
To train someone by instruction and practice.
2
To teach someone to obey authority.
3
To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
4
To impose order on someone.

Formas

plural: disciplines
pasado: disciplined
participio: disciplined
gerundio: disciplining
3.ª persona del singular: disciplines

disciple · A person who learns from another, especially one who then…Disciple · Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.disciplinary · Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of…

discipline · A controlled behaviour; self-control.

disciplined · Possessing mental discipline.disclose · To uncover; physically expose to view.disclosure · The act of revealing something.

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