What is discipline?
What is discipline?
- Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order: military discipline. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control: Dieting takes a lot of discipline. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
- To train by instruction and practice, as in following rules or developing self-control: The sergeant disciplined the recruits to become soldiers. See Synonyms at teach.