| master-at-arms |
in the U.S. Navy, a petty officer whose duty is to keep order and maintain discipline on board a ship or at a shore station. |
| multidiscipline |
combined form of discipline. |
| obstreperous |
hard to control, as children resisting adult discipline; unruly. [1/2 definitions] |
| penance |
an act of punishment or self-discipline voluntarily undergone to show regret at having done something wrong. [1/2 definitions] |
| plant medicine |
a field of professional study concerned with the discipline of plant pathology. [1/3 definitions] |
| principal's office |
the administrative office of the head of a school, sometimes seen particularly as the place where disciplinary action is carried out or where decisions with regard to discipline are made and announced. |
| Protestant ethic |
a set of beliefs in the moral virtue of productive work, self-discipline, and frugality; Protestant work ethic; work ethic. |
| Prussian |
considered to be extremely devoted to militarism, harsh discipline, and the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| pull oneself together |
to discipline oneself or begin to put one's life in order. [1/2 definitions] |
| Puritan |
any of a group of Protestants that originated in England in the sixteenth century and were politically powerful there and later in the United States, and who believed in simple religious ceremony, strict moral discipline, and persecution of dissent. [1/4 definitions] |
| relaxation |
a release from control, strictness, or discipline. [1/4 definitions] |
| research |
systematic investigation and study to obtain and analyze information, as about a theory, event, intellectual discipline, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| scholarship |
the work or discipline of scholars, usu. implying thoroughness and exactness. [1/2 definitions] |
| softy |
one who cannot discipline or be strict. [1/2 definitions] |
| Spartan |
(sometimes l.c.) characterized by hardiness, self-discipline, austerity, and the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| strict |
imposing severe discipline or requiring rigorous effort; unyielding; demanding. [1/4 definitions] |
| structure |
a planned way of proceeding that imposes some degree of discipline and places limits on individual choice. [1/6 definitions] |
| subdiscipline |
combined form of discipline. |
| technician |
a person who has mastered the technical skills required by an intellectual or artistic discipline. [1/2 definitions] |
| train |
to instill skills or behavior in through discipline or instruction. [2/12 definitions] |
| training |
the act or process of providing discipline or instruction to a person or animal that is being trained. [1/2 definitions] |