disciplinary

dis·ci·plin·ary

adj
\ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē, especially British ˌdi-sə-ˈpli-nə-rē\

Definition of DISCIPLINARY

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>

— dis·ci·plin·ar·i·ly \ˌdi-sə-plə-ˈner-ə-lē\ adverb

— dis·ci·plin·ar·i·ty \-ˈnar-ə-tē\ noun

Examples of DISCIPLINARY

1. The committee is considering disciplinary measures against him.
2. <called for disciplinary actions in response to the outrageous behavior>

First Known Use of DISCIPLINARY

1598

Related to DISCIPLINARY

Synonyms: castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, correctional, corrective, punitive, disciplining, penal, penalizing

Antonyms: nonpunitive

Related Words: retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, revengeful; vengeful, wrathful

Near Antonyms: compensatory; acquitting, exculpating, exculpatory, exonerating, vindicating; absolving, condoning, pardoning, remitting; commuting, reprieving

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with DISCIPLINARY

apothecary, bicentenary, confectionary, confectionery, consigliere, constabulary, contemporary, deflationary, discretionary, diversionary, epistolary, exclusionary, expansionary, extemporary, extraordinary, fiduciary, hereditary, illusionary, imaginary, incendiary, inflationary, insanitary, intercalary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lending library, marionberry, obituary, olallieberry, on the contrary, pecuniary, pituitary, precautionary, preliminary, presidiary, probationary, proprietary, provisionary, reactionary, subliterary, subsidiary, tercentenary, unnecessary, veterinary, vocabulary, voluptuary