discipliner

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A form of discipline — A controlled behaviour; self-control.

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Meanings

noundiscipliner (plural discipliners)

plural discipliners

  1. agentAgent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.

    [T]he punisher believes that the suffering she inflicts "somehow offsets" the (perceived) wrongdoing, but even the indignant discipliner (if suffering is what the discipliner inflicts) simply in order to attain a result: in order to educate, prevent, and so on.

    2006, Leo Zaibert, Punishment and Retribution, page 33

    Synonyms: disciplinarian, punisher

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

From discipline + -er.

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APA

discipliner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discipliner

MLA

“discipliner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discipliner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discipliner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discipliner.

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