Adjective: disciplined di-su-plund
- Obeying the rules
"The disciplined soldiers followed orders without question"
- Trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise
"the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles"; "a disciplined mind"
- Develop (a child's or animal's) behaviour by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
"Parents must discipline their children";
- train, check, condition
- Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
"The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently";
- correct, sort out
See also: controlled, trained
Type of: develop, penalise [Brit], penalize, punish, sanction
Encyclopedia: Discipline, Ecclesiastical