discipline

Definition

A controlled behaviour; self-control.

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”), from discipulus (“pupil”), influenced by disco (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).

Example Sentences

• "The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard."
• "The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline."
• "Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience."

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