Definition of "disciplinary" in English

adjective

1. Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.

   • Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency.

2. For the purpose of imposing punishment.

   • The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities.

3. Of or relating to an academic field of study.

   • We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.

noun

1. A disciplinary action.