discipline

«discipline» in Mova's judaism dictionary: following rules and controlling how you act, often taught… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (discipline; a discipline, disciplines); verb (discipline, disciplines, disciplined, disciplining)

meaning for a pupil

1) Discipline is following rules and controlling how you act, often taught by parents or teachers. tree →

2) Self-discipline: making yourself do what you should, like practising every day. tree →

3) To discipline someone is to punish them for breaking rules. tree →

4) (formal) A subject or field of study, such as maths or biology. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means teaching, correction and training in right living, often given by a parent or by God, not only punishment. Interpretation: Proverbs opens with the call to receive discipline and wisdom, and the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The tradition sees discipline as a loving form of teaching. In the primary lessons: Used in school (classroom discipline), sport (training discipline) and at home. Phrases: «keep discipline», «lack discipline», «self-discipline», «discipline yourself». In formal writing «scientific disciplines» means different sciences.

examples

• To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity; (Writings PRO.1.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. (Writings JOB.36.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline. (Writings PRO.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• The coach said discipline is the key to winning. tree →
• Learning piano takes a lot of discipline. tree →
• The school has strict discipline. tree →
• Her parents disciplined her for lying. tree →
• Chemistry and physics are two scientific disciplines. tree →
• It takes self-discipline to do homework before games. tree →
• The soldiers marched with perfect discipline. tree →
• The pressure of regularity and discipline here stamped the jewel, which in the future the world so well knew. tree →

note

As «following rules» it is uncountable; as «a field of study» it is countable (disciplines). Adjective: disciplined (a disciplined player). Spelling trap: «sc» in disci-pline.

In the corpora

• To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
• He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
• "Behaviour management" is jargon for discipline and punishment.
• Athens loved debate, trade, art and its navy; Sparta loved discipline, obedience and its army.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «discipline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.