Discipline – Definitions and quotes

Dictionary Definitions of Discipline

• Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
• Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
• Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
• A systematic method to obtain obedience: a military discipline.
• A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
• Punishment intended to correct or train.
• A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
• A branch of knowledge or teaching.