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/ˈdɪsɪplɪn/
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/ˈdɪsəplɪn/
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A controlled behaviour; self-control.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
An enforced compliance or control.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A state of order based on submission to authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: penalty, sanction, censure, correction, discipline, punishment, punition, sentence
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A whip used for self-flagellation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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Synonyms: penalty, sanction, censure, correction, discipline, punishment, punition, sentence
Antonyms: spontaneity
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: penalty, sanction, censure, correction, discipline, punishment, punition, sentence
Antonyms: spontaneity
A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Near-synonyms: specialty, speciality, specialism academic disciplines
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: field, sphere, specialty, speciality, specialism
Antonyms: none provided
A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: field, sphere, specialty, speciality, specialism
Antonyms: none provided
To train someone by instruction and practice.
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To teach someone to obey authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To impose order on someone.
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Usage: transitive
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training to improve strength or self-control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: training, preparation, grooming
the act of punishing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: correction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
Narrower terms: spanking
the trait of being well behaved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he insisted on discipline among the troops
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indiscipline
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: self-discipline, self-denial, restraint, control
a system of rules of conduct or method of practice;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine for such a plan to work requires discipline
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system, system of rules
a branch of knowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
in what discipline is his doctorate? teachers should be well trained in their subject anthropology is the study of human beings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain
Narrower terms: occultism, communications, communication theory, major, frontier, genealogy, allometry, bibliotics, ology, science, scientific discipline, architecture, engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology, futurology, futuristics, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts, theology, divinity, military science, escapology, graphology, numerology, protology, theogony
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: correct, sort out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: punish, penalize, penalise
develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Parents must discipline their children Is this dog trained?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: train, check, condition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: develop, make grow
Narrower terms: mortify
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”).
Across languages
Translations 221 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
اِنْضِبَاط
(inḍibāṭ)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Arabic :
تَهْذِيب
(tahḏīb)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Armenian :
կարգապահություն
(kargapahutʻyun)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Azerbaijani :
intizam
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Azerbaijani :
nizam
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Azerbaijani :
nizam-intizam
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Bashkir :
тәртип
(tərtip)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Belarusian :
дысцыплі́на
(dyscyplína)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Bulgarian :
дисципли́на
(disciplína)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Burmese :
စည်းကမ်း
(cany:kam:)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Catalan :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Chinese Mandarin :
紀律 /纪律
(jìlǜ)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Czech :
kázeň
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Czech :
disciplína
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Danish :
disciplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Dutch :
discipline
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Dutch :
(zelf)beheersing
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Esperanto :
disĉiplo
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Finnish :
kuri
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Finnish :
itsekuri
— controlled behaviour, self-control
French :
discipline
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Galician :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Georgian :
დისციპლინა
(disciṗlina)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
German :
Disziplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Greek :
πειθαρχία
(peitharchía)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Hebrew :
מִשְׁמַעַת
(mishmá'at)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Hindi :
अनुशासन
(anuśāsan)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Hungarian :
fegyelem
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Icelandic :
agi
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Indonesian :
disiplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Irish :
smacht
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Irish :
araíonacht
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Italian :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Japanese :
規律
(kiritsu)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Khmer :
វិនយ
(vinĕəʼyĕəʼ)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Korean :
규율
(gyuyul)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Latin :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Latvian :
disciplīna
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Lithuanian :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Macedonian :
дисциплина
(disciplina)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Malayalam :
അച്ചടക്കം
(accaṭakkaṁ)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Māori :
whakaraupapa
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Norwegian Bokmål :
disiplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Norwegian Nynorsk :
disiplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Iranian Persian :
اِنْضِباط
(enzebât)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Polish :
dyscyplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Portuguese :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Romanian :
disciplină
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Russian :
дисципли́на
(disciplína)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Russian :
дисциплини́рованность
(disciplinírovannostʹ)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Serbo-Croatian :
дисципли́на
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Serbo-Croatian :
disciplína
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Slovak :
disciplína
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Slovene :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Spanish :
disciplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Swedish :
disciplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Tagalog :
takdang-aral
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Tagalog :
disiplina
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Thai :
วินัย
(wí-nai)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Turkish :
disiplin
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Ottoman Turkish :
نظام وانتظام
(niźam-u-intiźam)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Ukrainian :
дисциплі́на
(dyscyplína)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Urdu :
نَظْم و ضَبْط
(nazm o zabt)
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Vietnamese :
kỉ luật
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Welsh :
disgyblaeth
— controlled behaviour, self-control
Arabic :
تَرْتِيب
(tartīb)
— enforced compliance or control
Arabic :
اِنْضِبَاط
(inḍibāṭ)
— enforced compliance or control
Bashkir :
тәртип
(tərtip)
— enforced compliance or control
Belarusian :
пара́дак
(parádak)
— enforced compliance or control
Bulgarian :
поря́дък
(porjádǎk)
— enforced compliance or control
Finnish :
kuri
— enforced compliance or control
Hindi :
अनुशासन
(anuśāsan)
— enforced compliance or control
Latvian :
disciplīna
— enforced compliance or control
Malayalam :
അച്ചടക്കം
(accaṭakkaṁ)
— enforced compliance or control
Portuguese :
disciplina
— enforced compliance or control
Russian :
поря́док
(porjádok)
— enforced compliance or control
Thai :
ระเบียบ
(rá-bìiap)
— enforced compliance or control
Ukrainian :
поря́док
(porjádok)
— enforced compliance or control
Bashkir :
тәртип
(tərtip)
— systematic method
Finnish :
kuri
— systematic method
Finnish :
kurinpito
— systematic method
Hindi :
अनुशासन
(anuśāsan)
— systematic method
Japanese :
鍛錬
(tanren)
— systematic method
Latvian :
disciplīna
— systematic method
Portuguese :
disciplina
— systematic method
Bashkir :
тәртип
(tərtip)
— state of order
Finnish :
kuri
— state of order
Hindi :
अनुशासित
(anuśāsit)
— state of order
Latvian :
disciplīna
— state of order
Malayalam :
അച്ചടക്കം
(accaṭakkaṁ)
— state of order
Portuguese :
disciplina
— state of order
Thai :
ระเบียบ
(rá-bìiap)
— state of order
Amharic :
ቅጣት
(ḳəṭat)
— punishment
Arabic :
تَهْذِيب
(tahḏīb)
— punishment
Bulgarian :
наказа́ние
(nakazánie)
— punishment
Dutch :
discipline
— punishment
Dutch :
tuchtiging
— punishment
Dutch :
tuchtstraf
— punishment
Finnish :
kuritus
— punishment
French :
discipline
— punishment
French :
pénalité
— punishment
Georgian :
დასჯა
(dasǯa)
— punishment
German :
Strafe
— punishment
German :
Bestrafung
— punishment
Hindi :
दंड
(daṇḍ)
— punishment
Irish :
araíonacht
— punishment
Malayalam :
അച്ചടക്കം
(accaṭakkaṁ)
— punishment
Māori :
whiunga
— punishment
Portuguese :
castigo
— punishment
Russian :
наказа́ние
(nakazánije)
— punishment
Spanish :
castigo
— punishment
Turkish :
disiplin
— punishment
Turkish :
ceza
— punishment
Finnish :
piiska
— Catholicism: whip used for self-flagellation
Finnish :
järjestyssäännöt
— set of rules
Finnish :
piiskaus
— flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification
Arabic :
فَرْع مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَة
(farʕ mina l-maʕrifa)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Arabic :
مَادَّة
(mādda)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Armenian :
գիտակարգ
(gitakarg)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Bashkir :
фән
(fən)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Belarusian :
дысцыплі́на
(dyscyplína)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Belarusian :
прадме́т
(pradmjét)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Bulgarian :
дисципли́на
(disciplína)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Catalan :
disciplina
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Chinese Mandarin :
學科 /学科
(xuékē)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Chinese Mandarin :
學術 /学术
(xuéshù)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Czech :
disciplína
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Dutch :
discipline
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Dutch :
branche
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Finnish :
oppiaine
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Finnish :
aine
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
French :
discipline
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
French :
branche
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Georgian :
დისციპლინა
(disciṗlina)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
German :
Disziplin
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Greek :
επιστημονικός κλάδος
(epistimonikós kládos)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Hindi :
विषय
(viṣay)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Hungarian :
tudományág
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Indonesian :
disiplin ilmu
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Irish :
disciplín
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Japanese :
学科
(gakka)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Japanese :
学問
(gakumon)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Korean :
학과
(hakgwa)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Korean :
학문
(hangmun)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Latin :
disciplina
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Latvian :
disciplīna
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Māori :
akoranga
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Norwegian Bokmål :
disiplin
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Norwegian Nynorsk :
disiplin
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Iranian Persian :
رِشْتِه
(rešte)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Portuguese :
disciplina
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Russian :
дисципли́на
(disciplína)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Russian :
предме́т
(predmét)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Spanish :
ramo
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Swedish :
disciplin
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Thai :
วิชา
(wí-chaa)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Thai :
สาขาวิชา
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Turkish :
bilim dalı
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Ukrainian :
дисциплі́на
(dyscyplína)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Ukrainian :
предме́т
(predmét)
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Welsh :
disgyblaeth
— specific branch or knowledge or learning
Arabic :
نِظَام
(niẓām)
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Bulgarian :
дисципли́на
(disciplína)
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Czech :
disciplína
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Czech :
obor
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Dutch :
discipline
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Dutch :
branche
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Dutch :
tak
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Finnish :
laji
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Finnish :
ala
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Finnish :
taidelaji
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Finnish :
taiteenala
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Finnish :
urheilulaji
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Finnish :
tieteenala
— category in which a certain activity belongs
French :
discipline
— category in which a certain activity belongs
French :
branche
— category in which a certain activity belongs
German :
Disziplin
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Irish :
disciplín
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Norwegian Bokmål :
disiplin
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Norwegian Nynorsk :
disiplin
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Portuguese :
disciplina
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Portuguese :
modalidade
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Russian :
дисципли́на
(disciplína)
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Spanish :
disciplina
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Thai :
สาขา
(sǎa-kǎa)
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Turkish :
disiplin
— category in which a certain activity belongs
Belarusian :
дысцыплінава́ць
(dyscyplinavácʹ)
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Bulgarian :
възпитавам
(vǎzpitavam)
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Catalan :
disciplinar
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Dutch :
drillen
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Finnish :
pitää kuria
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Norwegian :
disiplinere
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Portuguese :
disciplinar
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Russian :
дисциплинировать
(disciplinirovatʹ)
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Russian :
тренировать
(trenirovatʹ)
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Russian :
упражнять
(upražnjatʹ)
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Spanish :
disciplinar
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Swedish :
disciplinera
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Swedish :
drilla
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Ukrainian :
дисциплінува́ти
(dyscyplinuváty)
— to train someone by instruction and practice
Bulgarian :
дисциплинирам
(discipliniram)
— to teach someone to obey authority
Dutch :
disciplineren
— to teach someone to obey authority
Dutch :
temmen
— to teach someone to obey authority
Finnish :
kasvattaa kuriin
— to teach someone to obey authority
German :
disziplinieren
— to teach someone to obey authority
Portuguese :
disciplinar
— to teach someone to obey authority
Amharic :
ቀጣ
(ḳäṭa)
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Chinese Mandarin :
處分 /处分
(chǔfèn)
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Dutch :
disciplineren
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Dutch :
tuchtigen
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Finnish :
kurittaa
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Māori :
whakawhiu
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Portuguese :
disciplinar
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Russian :
нака́зывать
(nakázyvatʹ)
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Russian :
подверга́ть взысканию
(podvergátʹ vzyskaniju)
— to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
Bulgarian :
дисциплинирам
(discipliniram)
— to impose order on someone
Dutch :
disciplineren
— to impose order on someone
Dutch :
temmen
— to impose order on someone
Finnish :
pakottaa kuriin
— to impose order on someone
German :
disziplinieren
— to impose order on someone
Māori :
whakaraupapa
— to impose order on someone
