Noun

(en noun)

A controlled behaviour; self-control.

* Rogers

The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline , are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.

An enforced compliance or control.

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A systematic method of obtaining obedience.

* C. J. Smith

Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.

A state of order based on submission to authority.

* Dryden

Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.

A punishment to train or maintain control.

* Addison

giving her the discipline of the strap

A set of rules regulating behaviour.

A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.

A specific branch of knowledge or learning.

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, title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline : too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}

(Bishop Wilkins)

A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.

Noun

(en noun)

Willingness of action especially in behavior

The action of motivating.

Something which motivates.

An incentive or reason for doing something.

(advertising) a research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.