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elease, void, voiding, excretion, excreting, emptying, flow;
ooze, oozing, pus, suppuration, secretion, seepage: The
discharge of blood from the wound continued. 12 performance,
fulfilment, accomplishment, execution, observance, achievement:
The discharge of my family responsibilities will have to await
my return from the front. 13 payment, settlement, liquidation,
squaring (up), clearance: The bank expects full discharge of
all debts before they lend any money. 14 unloading,
disburdening, offloading, emptying: The customer will pay in
full after the discharge of his cargo.
disciple n. 1 apprentice, pupil, student, proselyte, learner, scholar:
Pietro Zampollini was a disciple of the great artist Ravelli. 2
follower, adherent, devotee, admirer, votary; partisan, fan,
aficionado: She is a disciple of Louis Armstrong's.
disciplinarian
n. taskmaster, martinet, drill-sergeant; tyrant, despot,
dictator: The headmaster at Briarcliffe was a stern
disciplinarian who regularly used to beat us.
discipline
n. 1 training, drilling, regimen, exercise, practice, drill,
inculcation, indoctrination, instruction, schooling: Strict
discipline is good for young people, according to my father. 2
punishment, penalty, chastisement, castigation, correction: The
discipline meted out to senior students was very harsh. 3
order, routine, (proper) behaviour, decorum: The sergeant is
there to maintain discipline among the recruits. 4 direction,
rule, regulation, government, control, subjection, restriction,
check, curb, restraint: There was far too much discipline
during my childhood, both at school and at home. 5 subject,
course, branch of knowledge, area, field, speciality or chiefly
US and Canadian specialty: Latin is a discipline which is fast
disappearing from our schools.
--v. 6 train, break in, condition, drill, exercise, instruct,
coach, teach, school, indoctrinate, inculcate; edify, enlighten,
inform: The aim of his education is to discipline him to
respond to orders. 7 check, curb, restrain, bridle, control,
govern, direct, run, supervise, manage, regulate, hold or keep
in check, US ride herd on: You have to discipline those
children or they will always misbehave. 8 punish, chastise,