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discipline
noun as in regimen, training
Strongest matches
control, development, education, method, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-control, self-restraint, will
Strong matches
conduct, cultivation, curb, domestication, drill, drilling, exercise, inculcation, indoctrination, limitation, orderliness, self-command, self-government, strictness, subordination, willpower
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noun as in punishment
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noun as in field of study; subject of interest
Example Sentences
He is an immensely talented quarterback who has dedicated his entire life to athletic excellence and discipline.
Bullhooks, whippings, and electric shocks were used as the main methods of discipline and training for their exotic animals.
Four, the recruitment by the Republicans of affable-seeming candidates who had some discipline drilled into them.
Their collective failings come down to message discipline, candidate selection, and voter targeting.
Whether it ultimately takes aesthetic discipline or neurosis to get to that point, it's hard to say.
Very instructive here is the way in which children will voluntarily come and submit themselves to our discipline.
The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
It secures in many cases, at least, a ready compliance with a large part of the discipline enforced.
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
Their discipline is admirable, but their natural disposition is likewise quiet and inoffensive.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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