Discipline meaning
Was raised in the strictest discipline.
An example of discipline is American literature.
An example of discipline is a time out for a child who has just pushed his sibling.
The discipline of mathematics.
- Self-control or orderly conduct.
- Acceptance of or submission to authority and control.
Subjected to harsh discipline.
An example of discipline is to give detention to a student who keeps talking during lectures.
The sergeant disciplined the recruits to become soldiers.
Needed to discipline their study habits.
Origin of discipline
- Middle English from Old French descepline from Latin disciplīna from discipulus pupil disciple
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”) and discipulus (“pupil”), from discere (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).
From Wiktionary