discipline

/หˆdษช.sษ™.plษชn/

IPA: /D IH1 S AH0 P L AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    A controlled behaviour; self-control.

  2. 2

    A specific branch of knowledge or learning.

verb
  1. 1

    To train someone by instruction and practice.

  2. 2

    To teach someone to obey authority.

  3. 3

    To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.

  4. 4

    To impose order on someone.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discipline