discipline

rules and methods that are used to control people's behavior, especially in schools or the army

disciplina, régimen disciplinario

• a discipline of something

Collocations school discipline · military discipline

• The school has strict rules about discipline.

  La escuela tiene reglas estrictas sobre disciplina.

the ability to control your behavior and not do things that you know are wrong or bad for you

autocontrol, auto-disciplina

• have discipline

Collocations self-discipline · lack of discipline

• She has a lot of self-discipline.

  Ella tiene mucha autocontrol.

to punish someone for doing something wrong or bad

castigar, disciplinar a alguien

• [transitive], T + obj

Collocations discipline a child · discipline staff members

• The teacher disciplined the student for being late.

  El profesor disciplinó al estudiante por llegar tarde.

a subject that is studied in a school, college, or university

materia, asignatura

• a discipline of something

Collocations academic discipline · scientific discipline

• She is studying the discipline of physics.

  Ella está estudiando la materia de física.

a practice or profession that involves a particular type of knowledge and skill, such as medicine or law

práctica profesional, disciplina profesional

• a discipline of something

Collocations medical discipline · legal discipline

• He is a member of the medical discipline.

  Él es miembro de la disciplina médica.