Collins English-English Dictionary

discipline ['dɪsɪplɪn]

1. 1. n training or conditions imposed for the improvement of physical powers, self-control, etc

2. 2. n systematic training in obedience to regulations and authority

3. 3. n the state of improved behaviour, etc, resulting from such training or conditions

4. 4. n punishment or chastisement

5. 5. n a system of rules for behaviour, methods of practice, etc

6. 6. n a branch of learning or instruction

7. 7. n the laws governing members of a Church

8. 8. n a scourge of knotted cords

9. 9. vt. [tr] to improve or attempt to improve the behaviour, orderliness, etc, of by training, conditions, or rules

10. 10. vt. to punish or correct

11. 11. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Latin disciplina teaching, from discipulus disciple