Discipline
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Discipline is any training intended to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour, especially training that produces moral or mental development in a particular direction.
Forms of discipline:
- Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
- A systematic method to obtain obedience, e.g. military discipline.
See also: discipline question, School discipline
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Discipline may be an euphemism for punishment, in particular corporal punishment.
A discipline is a branch of a profession or an academic field of knowledge.
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Discipline" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
