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INDISCIPLINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indiscipline mean?
• INDISCIPLINE (noun)
The noun INDISCIPLINE has 1 sense:
1. the trait of lacking discipline
Familiarity information: INDISCIPLINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of lacking discipline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
indiscipline; undiscipline
Hypernyms ("indiscipline" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indiscipline"):
indulgence; self-indulgence (an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires)
dissoluteness; incontinence; self-gratification (indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures)
unrestraint (the quality of lacking restraint)
Antonym:
discipline (the trait of being well behaved)
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