An enforced compliance or control. / A systematic method of obtaining obedience. / A state of order based on submission to authority. / A set of rules regulating behaviour.

(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice. / (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority. / (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.

Possessing mental discipline. / Punished for disobedience. / Under control. / (in combination) Relating to a specified kind or number of disciplines.

simple past tense and past participle of discipline

plural of discipline

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discipline

Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.

plural of discipliner

present participle of discipline

The use of punishment to compel behavior.