training to act in accordance with rules; drill

military discipline.

activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training

A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.

punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.

the harsh discipline of poverty.

behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control

good discipline in an army.

a set or system of rules and regulations.

Ecclesiastical . the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.

an instrument of punishment, esp. a whip or scourge, used in the practice of self-mortification or as an instrument of chastisement in certain religious communities.

a branch of instruction or learning

the disciplines of history and economics.

to train by instruction and exercise; drill.

to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control.

to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise.

noun

chaos , confusion , disorder , disorganization , neglect , negligence , permissiveness , award , reward , indulgence , laxity , unrestraint

noun

conduct , control , cultivation , curb , development , domestication , drill , drilling , education , exercise , inculcation , indoctrination , limitation , method , orderliness , practice , preparation , regulation , restraint , self-command , self-control , self-government , self-mastery , self-restraint , strictness , subordination , will , willpower , castigation , chastisement , comeuppance , correction , getting yours , hell to pay , punition , rod , area , branch of knowledge , course , curriculum , specialty , penalty , approach , ascesis , asceticism , chasten , chastenment , chastise , correct , flog , instruct , martinetism , obedience , penalize , punish , punishment , regiment , restrain , school , self-mortification , submissionregulation , teach , train , training , whip

verb

coach , instruct , school , teach , train , tutor , castigate , chastise , correct , penalize