FromMiddle English [Term?] , fromAnglo-Norman Old French descipline Latin disciplina ( “ instruction ” ) , fromdiscipulus ( “ pupil ” ) , influenced bydisco ( “ to learn ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dek- ( “ (cause to) accept ” ) .
discipline (countable anduncountable plural disciplines
Acontrolled behaviour ;self-control .a. 1729 John Rogers ,The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation :The most perfect, who have their passions in the bestdiscipline , are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
Anenforced compliance orcontrol .1956 Michael Arlen , “1/1/2 ”, in“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days [1] The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than ofdiscipline .
Asystematic method ofobtaining obedience .1871 Charles John Smith ,Synonyms Discriminated :Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
1973 , Bible (New International Version ), Hebrews 12:7:Endure hardship asdiscipline ; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? Astate oforder based onsubmission toauthority .1697 Virgil , “The Second Book of theGeorgics ”, inJohn Dryden , transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson , [ … ] →OCLC Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules anddiscipline of art.
Aset ofrules regulating behaviour . Apunishment totrain or maintaincontrol .1712 October 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison ;Richard Steele et al. ], “THURSDAY, October 2, 1712”, inThe Spectator 499 ; republished inAlexander Chalmers , editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, [ … ] , volume V, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company ,1853 ,→OCLC giving her thediscipline of the strap The spelling has been modernized. ( Catholicism ) whip used forself-flagellation .2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, inFT Weekend , page18 :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 adiscipline , a rope whip with knotted ends she was to use on her back when she prayed the Hail Mary.
Aflagellation as a means ofobtaining sexual gratification . Aspecific branch ofknowledge ,learning , orpractice Near-synonyms: specialty speciality specialism academicdisciplines 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems ”, inThe Economist 408 , number8847 :Economics is a messydiscipline : too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art.
1648 Mathematical Magick :This mathematicaldiscipline , by the help of geometrical principles, doth teach to contrive several weights and powers unto motion or rest.
Acategory in which a certainart ,sport or other activity belongs. ( antonym(s) of “ controlled behaviour et al. ” ) : spontaneity controlled behaviour, self-control
Arabic:اِنْضِبَاط m ( inḍibāṭ ) ,تَهْذِيب m ( tahḏīb ) Armenian:կարգապահություն (hy) ( kargapahutʻyun ) Azerbaijani:intizam (az) ,nizam nizam-intizam Bashkir:тәртип ( tərtip ) Basque:please add this translation if you can Belarusian:дысцыплі́на f ( dyscyplína ) Bulgarian:дисципли́на (bg) f ( disciplína ) Burmese:စည်းကမ်း (my) ( cany:kam: ) Catalan:disciplina (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:紀律 / 纪律 (zh) ( jìlǜ ) Czech:kázeň (cs) f disciplína (cs) f Danish:disciplin c Dutch:discipline (nl) ,(zelf )beheersing Esperanto:disĉiplo Finnish:kuri (fi) ,itsekuri (fi) French:discipline (fr) f Galician:disciplina (gl) f Georgian:დისციპლინა ( disciṗlina ) German:Disziplin (de) f Greek:πειθαρχία (el) f ( peitharchía ) Hebrew:מִשְׁמַעַת f ( mishmá'at ) Hindi:अनुशासन (hi) m ( anuśāsan ) Hungarian:fegyelem (hu) Icelandic:agi m Indonesian:disiplin (id) Irish:smacht m araíonacht f Italian:disciplina (it) f Japanese:規律 (ja) ( きりつ, kiritsu ) Khmer:វិនយ (km) ( vinĕəʼyĕəʼ ) Korean:규율(規律) (ko) ( gyuyul ) Latin:disciplina f Latvian:disciplīna f Lithuanian:disciplina f Macedonian:дисциплина f ( disciplina ) Malayalam:അച്ചടക്കം (ml) ( accaṭakkaṁ ) Maori:whakaraupapa Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:Bokmål:disiplin (no) m Nynorsk:disiplin m Ottoman Turkish:نظام وانتظام ( niźam-u-intiźam ) Persian:Iranian Persian:اِنْضِباط (fa) ( enzebât ) Polish:dyscyplina (pl) f Portuguese:disciplina (pt) f Romanian:disciplină (ro) f Russian:дисципли́на (ru) f ( disciplína ) ,дисциплини́рованность (ru) f ( disciplinírovannostʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:дисципли́на f Roman:disciplína (sh) f Slovak:disciplína f Slovene:disciplina f Spanish:disciplina (es) f Swedish:disciplin (sv) c Tagalog:takdang-aral disiplina Thai:วินัย (th) ( wí-nai ) Turkish:disiplin (tr) Ukrainian:дисциплі́на f ( dyscyplína ) Urdu:نَظْم و ضَبْط m ( nazm o zabt ) Vietnamese:kỉ luật (vi) Welsh:disgyblaeth f
enforced compliance or control
Catholicism: whip used for self-flagellation
flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification
specific branch or knowledge or learning
Arabic:فَرْع مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَة m ( farʕ mina l-maʕrifa ) ,مَادَّة (ar) f ( mādda ) Armenian:գիտակարգ (hy) ( gitakarg ) Bashkir:фән ( fən ) Belarusian:дысцыплі́на f ( dyscyplína ) ,прадме́т (be) m ( pradmjét ) Bulgarian:дисципли́на (bg) f ( disciplína ) Catalan:disciplina (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:學科 / 学科 (zh) ( xuékē ) ,學術 / 学术 (zh) ( xuéshù ) Czech:disciplína (cs) f Dutch:discipline (nl) ,branche (nl) Finnish:oppiaine (fi) ,aine (fi) French:discipline (fr) f branche (fr) f Georgian:დისციპლინა ( disciṗlina ) German:Disziplin (de) f Greek:επιστημονικός κλάδος m ( epistimonikós kládos ) Hindi:विषय (hi) m ( viṣay ) Hungarian:tudományág (hu) Irish:disciplín m Japanese:学科 (ja) ( がっか, gakka ) ,学問 (ja) ( がくもん, gakumon ) Korean:학과(學科) (ko) ( hakgwa ) ,학문(學問) (ko) ( hangmun ) Latin:disciplina f Latvian:disciplīna f Maori:akoranga Norwegian:Bokmål:disiplin (no) m Nynorsk:disiplin m Persian:Iranian Persian:رِشْتِه (fa) ( rešte ) Portuguese:disciplina (pt) f Russian:дисципли́на (ru) f ( disciplína ) ,предме́т (ru) m ( predmét ) Spanish:ramo (es) m Swedish:disciplin (sv) Thai:วิชา (th) ( wí-chaa ) ,สาขาวิชา Turkish:bilim dalı (tr) Ukrainian:дисциплі́на f ( dyscyplína ) ,предме́т (uk) m ( predmét ) Welsh:disgyblaeth f
category in which a certain activity belongs
discipline (third-person singular simple present disciplines present participle disciplining simple past and past participle disciplined
( transitive ) train someone byinstruction andpractice .( transitive ) teach someone toobey authority.( transitive ) punish someone in order to (re)gain control.( transitive ) impose order on someone.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
FromMiddle Dutch discipline Old French discipline Latin disciplīna
IPA (key ) : /ˌdi.siˈpli.nə/ ,/ˌdɪ.siˈpli.nə/ Hyphenation:dis‧ci‧pli‧ne Rhymes:-inə discipline f plural disciplines diminutive disciplinetje n
discipline self-control Synonyms: zelfbeheersing zelfcontrole discipline,regime of forcingcompliance discipline,sanction Synonym: tucht discipline,branch Synonym: tak Borrowed fromLatin disciplīna
discipline f plural disciplines
discipline sanction discipline,self-control discipline,branch discipline
inflection ofdiscipliner first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative discipline f pl
plural ofdisciplina ( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /diʃ.siˈpli.nɨ/ ,/di.ʃiˈpli.nɨ/
discipline
inflection ofdisciplinar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative discipline
inflection ofdisciplinar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
