Discipline Discipline refers to rule following behavior, to regulate, order, control and authority. It may also refer to punishment. Discipline is used to create habits, routines, and automatic mechanisms such as blind obedience. It may be inflicted on ot ...

is any training intended to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour. Discipline may also refer to:

General

Discipline (academia) Discipline refers to rule following behavior, to regulate, order, control and authority. It may also refer to punishment. Discipline is used to create habits, routines, and automatic mechanisms such as blind obedience. It may be inflicted on ot ...

, a specific branch of knowledge, learning and practice, such as an academic or professional discipline * Discipline (BDSM), an element of BDSM * Disciplinary procedure, censure under rules of assembly *

Punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...

, an imposition of something negative on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong * Military discipline, the ability and willingness of a military's soldiery to follow orders and act as commanded.

Christianity

* Church discipline, a response of an ecclesiastical body to an offence against its standards of belief or conduct committed by a member of that body *

Discipline (mortification) A discipline is a small scourge (whip) used as an instrument of penance by members of some Christian denominations (including Anglicans, Lutherans, and Roman Catholics, among others) in the spiritual discipline known as mortification of the flesh ...

, a type of scourge used in the Christian spiritual discipline known as the mortification of the flesh

Music

* Discipline (band), an independent rock band from Detroit *

The Disciplines The Disciplines is a garage rock band from Oslo, Norway, led by singer Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M. and Big Star). Discography Albums *'' Smoking Kills'' (2009), Voices of Wonder (Norway/DK), Weekender (UK), 2Fer-PIAS(Spain), Second M ...

, a Norwegian garage-rock band * Discipline, the name of a mid-1981 line-up of King Crimson * Discipline GM, an independent record label founded by Robert Fripp

Albums

* ''Discipline'' (Cadaver Inc. album) * ''Discipline'' (Desmond Child album) * ''Discipline'' (Janet Jackson album) * ''Discipline'' (King Crimson album) * ''Discipline'' (Kompressor album)

Songs

* "Discipline" (instrumental), by King Crimson * "Discipline" (Nine Inch Nails song) * "Discipline" (Throbbing Gristle song) * "Discipline", a song by Cadaver Inc. from their album of the same name * "Discipline", a song by Desmond Child from his album of the same name * "Discipline", a song by Gang Starr from '' Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr'' * "Discipline", a song by Janet Jackson from her album of the same name * "Discipline", a song by Orelsan from '' La fête est finie - Épilogue''

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