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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-uh-plin
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪs ə plɪn

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Définition of discipline

Origin :
  • early 13c., "penitential chastisement; punishment," from Old French descepline (11c.) "discipline, physical punishment; teaching; suffering; martyrdom," and directly from Latin disciplina "instruction given, teaching, learning, knowledge," also "object of instruction, knowledge, science, military discipline," from discipulus (see disciple (n.)).
  • Sense of "treatment that corrects or punishes" is from notion of "order necessary for instruction." The Latin word is glossed in Old English by þeodscipe. Meaning "branch of instruction or education" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "military training" is from late 15c.; that of "orderly conduct as a result of training" is from c.1500.
  • noun regimen, training
  • noun punishment
  • noun field of study; subject of interest
Example sentences :
  • They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • By heredity and discipline all minds are shaped to this great hour.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • That he killed a mutineer is proof of his resolute adherence to discipline.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • Their discipline was lax, and many of them had left their posts, and gone off into the town.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • The first includes all the force of discipline and training.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • For in the morning the reins of discipline are tightened again.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Is she a layman in the sense of that word in the Discipline?
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • The majority of revolutionises are the enemies of discipline and fatigue mostly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The majority of revolutionists are the enemies of discipline and fatigue mostly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The discipline is of the simplest, yet, I was assured, quite efficacious.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

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