Word Meanings - SELF-DISCIPLINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Related words: (words related to SELF-DISCIPLINE)

• GOVERNMENTAL
  Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
• GOVERNMENT
  The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
• CORRECTIONER
  One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. Shak.
• IMPROVEMENT
  Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. (more info) 1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration;
• CORRECTION
  1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype.
• CORRECTIONAL
  Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
• MISGOVERNMENT
  Bad government; want of government. Shak.
• MISIMPROVEMENT
  Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
• DISIMPROVEMENT
  Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.
• INCORRECTION
  Want of correction, restraint, or discipline. Arnway.
• SELF-GOVERNMENT
  1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command. 2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also,