discipline

n

1. drilling, training, coaching, exercise; development, preparation, instruction, schooling; inculcation, indoctrination, systematization; drill, routine, method, practice, procedure.

2. direction, rule, government, subjection; control, regulation, check, restriction, limitation, restraint, curb, reins; compulsion, coercion.

3. correction, chastisement, reprimand, reproof, rebuke; punishment, castigation, penalty.

4. branch of knowledge, course of study, curriculum, subject, course, specialty, major.

v

5. drill, train, coach, exercise; instruct, teach, tutor, give lessons, school, edify; inform, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate; ground, prepare, prime, qualify; rear, bring up, form, guide; inure, accustom, familiarize, habituate, toughen, harden, break in, put through paces.

6. control, ride herd on, direct, govern, supervise, oversee, preside over, manage, conduct; lead, hold in hand, hold or keep in line, regulate, regiment; restrain, check, curb, hold or keep back, contain, arrest; harness, bridle, rein in, hold in, leash, muzzle; restrict, constrain, confine.

7. correct, chastise, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, criticize, make an example of; punish, castigate, penalize.