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DISCIPLINAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does disciplinal mean?

• DISCIPLINAL (adjective)
The adjective DISCIPLINAL has 1 sense:

1. designed to promote discipline

Familiarity information: DISCIPLINAL used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISCIPLINAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Designed to promote discipline

Synonyms:

corrective; disciplinal; disciplinary

Context examples:

the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional / disciplinal measures / the mother was stern and disciplinary

Similar:

nonindulgent; strict (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)

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