0 present participle of discipline
1 to punish someone:
2 to teach someone to behave in a controlled way:
[ + to infinitive ] I'm trying to discipline myself to eat less chocolate.
Restrictions in the labor market had a disciplining effect.
There were no cases of the child disciplining the caregiver.
They were considered immoral and consequently in need of disciplining.
Sanctions extended from the disciplining of individuals to the closure of particular establishments, not to mention referral to the police and prosecuting authorities.
The state needed obedient and disciplined subjects, and the prison became-alongside the school, the conscript army, and the psychiatric hospital-a disciplining institution.
His instruction on disciplining was simply self-discipline, to 'be gentlemen'.
However, when the police became efficient and most criminals were caught, the aim of punishment became disciplining the offender instead of deterring the public.
It was not, however, the preferred method of disciplining the body politic.
