discipline
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
Noun 2 meanings
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
“Near-synonyms: specialty, speciality, specialism”
Verb 4 meanings
To train someone by instruction and practice.
To teach someone to obey authority.
To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
To impose order on someone.
Etymology
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”).
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DISCIPLINE at a glance
DISCIPLINE has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + C 3 + I 1 + P 3 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,758 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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