Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - discipline
Discipline
discipline
n. & v. --n. 1 a control or order exercised over people or animals, esp. children, prisoners, military personnel, church members, etc. b the system of rules used to maintain this control. c the behaviour of groups subjected to such rules (poor discipline in the ranks). 2 a mental, moral, or physical training. b adversity as used to bring about such training (left the course because he couldn't take the discipline). 3 a branch of instruction or learning (philosophy is a hard discipline). 4 punishment. 5 Eccl. mortification by physical self-punishment, esp. scourging. --v.tr. 1 punish, chastise. 2 bring under control by training in obedience; drill. Derivatives disciplinable adj. disciplinal adj. Etymology: ME f. OF discipliner or LL & med.L disciplinare, disciplina f. discipulus DISCIPLE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin disciplina teaching, learning, from discipulus pupil Date: 13th century punishment, instruction, a field of study, training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character, 5. control gained by enforcing obedience or order, orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior, self-control, a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity, disciplinal adjective II. transitive verb (-plined; -plining) Date: 14th century to punish or penalize for the sake of ~, to train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control, 3. to bring (a group) under control , to impose order upon , see: punish ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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