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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 disciplineplay

  Familiarity information: INDISCIPLINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INDISCIPLINE (noun)


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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