School discipline is not as it should be.
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Discipline
//ˈdɪsɪplɪn//
Synonyms for "discipline" (391 found)
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Closest matches (79)
drillfieldpenaltyacademic disciplineacademic specialtyaccommodateaccommodate withaccordadaptadapt toadjustadjust toadministeradministrateadministrationagree withanalityaplombapple-pie orderapplied science
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apprenticeapprenticeshipareaarenaartassimilateassimilate toastringencyausterityauthoritarianismbasic trainingbe guided bybe masterbeatbendboundboundaryboundsbreakbreak inbreakingbreedbreedingbridlebring to accountbring to bookbring upcall to accountcaptaincastigatecastigationchairchastechastenchasteningchastisechastisementcheckchime in withcivil governmentclassical educationcoachcommandcomplycomply withcomposecomposureconcerncondign punishmentconditionconditioningconductconfineconfinement
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (117)
conformconstraintcontaincontinencecontrolcopyrightcore curriculumcorrectcorrectioncorrespondcoursecourse of studycriticizecultivatecultivationcurbcurriculumdamndeal withdecorum
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demandingnessdemesnedepartmentdepartment of knowledgedesertdesertsdevelopdevelopmentdirectdirectiondisciplinary measuresdispensationdispositiondomaindraw the linedrillingedifyeducateelectiveemperyempireenlightenexactingnessexercisefacultyfall in withferulefetch upfetching-upfield of inquiryfield of studyfine fettlefitfollowformform of governmentfosterfosteringgear togeneral educationgeneral studiesgo bygood conditiongood shapegood trimgoverngovernancegovernmentgrimnessgroomgroomingguideharmonizeharshnessheadhedgehedge abouthold in checkhousebreakhousebreakinghumanitiesimproveimprovementin-service traininginculcateinculcationindependenceindoctrinateindoctrinationinflict uponinflictioninforminhibitinstructinstructioninurejudgmentjudicial punishmentkeep in checkkeep in lineleadliberal artslick into shapelimitlimitationmajormake an example ofmake conformmanagemanagementmanual training
Verb(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (195)
mastheadmeetmethodmethodicalnessmethodologymeticulousnessmilitary trainingmindminormoderatemoderationmoldmortifymouldmouldermouldynarrownatural scienceneatnessnemesis
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nursenurturenurturingobserveofficerologyon-the-job trainingorborbitorderorderlinessovercomeoversightpainpainspains and punishmentspatentpaypaymentpenal retributionpenalizepenologypillorypolitical organizationpolitypossessionpracticepreparationprepareprescriptionpresidepreside overproscriptionproseminarprovincepunishpunishmentpunitionpure scienceput in tuneput to schoolquadriviumqualificationqualifyraiseraisingreadyreadyingrealmrearrearingrebukereconcilerectifyreducerefresher courseregimeregimenregimentregimentationregisterregnancyregulateregulationrehearsalrehearsereignreprimandreproverestrainrestraintrestrictrestrictionretaliationretributionretributive justiceride herd onrigid disciplinerodroundroutinerub off cornersruggednessrulerunscantschoolschoolingsciencescientific educationscourgeseasonself-commandself-conquestself-controlself-denialself-disciplineself-governmentself-masteryself-possessionself-restraintseminarsend to schoolsettlesettle withseverityshapesloydsocial sciencesovereigntyspartanismspecializespecialtyspheresquare accountsstand oversternnessstintstraightenstraitenstrictnessstringencystudysubdisciplinesubduesubjectsubjectionsubjugatesuitsupervisesupervisionswaysystemsystem of governmentsystematicnesstake in handtake to tasktallytally withteachtechnical educationtechnicologytechnicstechnologythrashingtidinesstoughnesstraintrainingtrimnesstriviumupbringingvisit uponvocational educationvocational trainingwalkwell-deserved punishmentwhat forwhat-forwield authoritywillwillpoweryield
Noun(10 words)
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
12 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
is a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
58 entriesShowing 16 of 58 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
219 translations across 56 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- اِنْضِبَاط noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- اِنْضِبَاط noun (enforced compliance or control)
- تَرْتِيب noun (enforced compliance or control)
- تَهْذِيب noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Armenian
2 entries- գիտակարգ noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- կարգապահություն noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- intizam noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- nizam noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- nizam-intizam noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Bashkir
4 entries- тәртип noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- тәртип noun (enforced compliance or control)
- тәртип noun (systematic method)
- тәртип noun (state of order)
Belarusian
4 entries- дысцыплі́на noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- дысцыплі́на noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- пара́дак noun (enforced compliance or control)
- прадме́т noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дисципли́на noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- дисципли́на noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- дисципли́на noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- наказа́ние noun (punishment)
Burmese
1 entries- စည်းကမ်း noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Catalan
3 entries- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplina noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- disciplinar verb (to train someone by instruction and practice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 學科 /学科 noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- 學術 /学术 noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- 紀律 /纪律 noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- 處分 /处分 verb (to punish someone in order to (re)gain control)
Czech
4 entries- disciplína noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplína noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- disciplína noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- kázeň noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Danish
1 entries- disciplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Dutch
4 entries- (zelf)beheersing noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- branche noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- branche noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- discipline noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Esperanto
1 entries- disĉiplo noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Finnish
4 entries- aine noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- ala noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- itsekuri noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- järjestyssäännöt noun (set of rules)
French
4 entries- branche noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- branche noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- discipline noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- discipline noun (punishment)
Galician
1 entries- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Georgian
3 entries- დასჯა noun (punishment)
- დისციპლინა noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- დისციპლინა noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
German
4 entries- Bestrafung noun (punishment)
- Disziplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- Disziplin noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- Disziplin noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
Greek
2 entries- επιστημονικός κλάδος noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- πειθαρχία noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִשְׁמַעַת noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Hindi
4 entries- अनुशासन noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- अनुशासन noun (enforced compliance or control)
- अनुशासन noun (systematic method)
- अनुशासित noun (state of order)
Hungarian
2 entries- fegyelem noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- tudományág noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Icelandic
1 entries- agi noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Indonesian
2 entries- disiplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disiplin ilmu noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اِنْضِباط noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- رِشْتِه noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Irish
4 entries- araíonacht noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- araíonacht noun (punishment)
- disciplín noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- disciplín noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
Italian
1 entries- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Japanese
4 entries- 学問 noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- 学科 noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- 規律 noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- 鍛錬 noun (systematic method)
Khmer
1 entries- វិនយ noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Korean
3 entries- 규율 noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- 학과 noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- 학문 noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Latin
2 entries- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplina noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Latvian
4 entries- disciplīna noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplīna noun (enforced compliance or control)
- disciplīna noun (systematic method)
- disciplīna noun (state of order)
Lithuanian
1 entries- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Macedonian
1 entries- дисциплина noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Malayalam
4 entries- അച്ചടക്കം noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- അച്ചടക്കം noun (enforced compliance or control)
- അച്ചടക്കം noun (state of order)
- അച്ചടക്കം noun (punishment)
Māori
4 entries- akoranga noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- whakaraupapa noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- whiunga noun (punishment)
- whakaraupapa verb (to impose order on someone)
Norwegian
1 entries- disiplinere verb (to train someone by instruction and practice)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- disiplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disiplin noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- disiplin noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- disiplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disiplin noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- disiplin noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نظام وانتظام noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Polish
1 entries- dyscyplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Portuguese
4 entries- castigo noun (punishment)
- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplina noun (enforced compliance or control)
- disciplina noun (systematic method)
Romanian
1 entries- disciplină noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Russian
4 entries- дисципли́на noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- дисципли́на noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- дисципли́на noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- дисциплини́рованность noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- disciplína noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- дисципли́на noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Slovak
1 entries- disciplína noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Slovene
1 entries- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Spanish
4 entries- castigo noun (punishment)
- disciplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplina noun (category in which a certain activity belongs)
- ramo noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Swedish
4 entries- disciplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disciplin noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- disciplinera verb (to train someone by instruction and practice)
- drilla verb (to train someone by instruction and practice)
Tagalog
2 entries- disiplina noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- takdang-aral noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Thai
4 entries- ระเบียบ noun (enforced compliance or control)
- ระเบียบ noun (state of order)
- วิชา noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- วินัย noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Turkish
4 entries- bilim dalı noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- ceza noun (punishment)
- disiplin noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disiplin noun (punishment)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дисциплі́на noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- дисциплі́на noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
- поря́док noun (enforced compliance or control)
- предме́т noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Urdu
1 entries- نَظْم و ضَبْط noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kỉ luật noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
Welsh
2 entries- disgyblaeth noun (controlled behaviour, self-control)
- disgyblaeth noun (specific branch or knowledge or learning)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The child was completely lacking in discipline.
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For too long society has placed sole emphasis on children's test results, to the detriment of social discipline.
Source: tatoeba (59283)
Discipline is rather mild at this school.
Source: tatoeba (59929)
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