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to discipline

verb/diʃsipliˈnaɾ/medium

dis·ci·pli·nar

Definition

To impose discipline on; to subject to rules or a regime of order; to correct.
The teacher had to discipline the noisier class.
The regulations serve to discipline the use of common spaces.
Common collocations
to discipline studentsdisciplinary codedisciplinary measure

Etymology

Do latim 'disciplinare', de 'disciplina'.

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