Dictionary Check: disciplinary

"disciplinary" is a valid word!

Scrabble 20 points
Words with Friends 23 points

Definition

adjective

relating to discipline in behavior

Example: "disciplinary problems in the classroom"
adjective

relating to a specific field of academic study

Example: "economics in its modern disciplinary sense"
adjective

designed to promote discipline

Example: "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"

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