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Discipline, while often thought to be a coercive mechanism, can be a collaborative process of building consensus regarding accepted behavior within institutions and society. Ultimately, leaders should model and promote collective rules while allowing for feelings and appropriate outlets to non-conformists.

See also

• Child discipline
• Discipline question
• School discipline
• Taking Children Seriously

Definitions of discipline: Methods of child discipline vary widely between cultures and have in recent times changed considerably in many of them. ... The discipline question is an open-ended question that appears on many American college applications. ... School discipline is a form of discipline found in schools. ... Taking Children Seriously is an educational philosophy founded by the libertarians Sarah Fitz-Claridge and David Deutsch. ...

• noun: training to improve strength or self-control
• noun: the act of punishing

Example: "The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

• noun: the trait of being well behaved

Example: "He insisted on discipline among the troops"

• noun: a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

Example: "He quickly learned the discipline of prison routine or for such a plan to work requires discipline"

• noun: a branch of knowledge

Example: "In what discipline is his doctorate?"

• verb: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

Example: "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

• verb: train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

Example: "Parents must discipline their children"

Other use of Discipline:

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• Discipline, any training intended to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour
• academic discipline, a specific branch of knowledge or learning: see List of academic disciplines.
• a disciplinary implement, mainly used for penitential (self-)castigation by flogging
• Discipline_(BDSM) in the context of BDSM (Bondage and Discipline, Domination and Submission, Sadism and Masochism).
• Discipline (World of Darkness), supernatural powers used by Vampires in White Wolf's World of Darkness setting.
• Discipline (novel), an 1814 novel by Mary Brunton.
• Discipline (album), the title of an album by King Crimson
• Discipline (band), a band from UK
• DISCIPLINE, a 2005 album by KOMPRESSOR