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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of discus.

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Examples

  • FRUM: ... of imposing this kind of disci -- of imposing some kind of discipline on the liberal members of the Democratic Caucus?

    CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2009 2009

  • He writes of “a slaughter, hardly a fight, between disci plined well-armed men and scattered parties of savages scarcely armed at all.”

    Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

  • The fact that his body-the yearnings and desires of his body-could have so completely overthrown the disci pline of his mind disgusted him.

    The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998

  • Then I poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of each disci - ple.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • I had told my disci - ples: "He who kills you will believe he is performing ser - vice for God," and those words came back to me-a comfort in this extremity.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • African National Congress (ANC) to discuss setting up a disci

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • My anger was too sharp, my grief too fresh, my self-disci - pline nonexistent.

    Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986

  • He did not want to love her, yet, for that would be foolhardy; but only iron disci - pline kept him from sliding into that emotion at a time like this.

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • Others waited in casual but still disci-plined formation on the ice between the two walls, while rafts shuttled supplies out from the city itself.

    Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979

  • Rein-hardt would be remembered as master of two disci-plines: science and salesmanship.

    The Black Hole Foster, Alan Dean 1979

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