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Disciplinary

//ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.

    "Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency."

  2. 2
    For the purpose of imposing punishment.

    "The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities."

  3. 3
    Of or relating to an academic field of study.

    "We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author."

Adjective
  1. 1
    designed to promote discipline wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to a specific field of academic study wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to discipline in behavior wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A disciplinary action.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).

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