disciplinary

disciplinary
adjective Date: 1598 1. a. of or relating to discipline <
disciplinary problems
>
b. designed to correct or punish breaches of discipline <
took disciplinary action
>
2. of or relating to a particular field of study <
disciplinary specialization
>
disciplinarily adverbdisciplinarity noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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