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Discipline

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

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Verb group 6

Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Narrower term 20

Architecture 76% connected

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- o…

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Divinity 76% connected

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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Engineering 76% connected

of Engineer

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Frontier 76% connected

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country,…

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Genealogy 76% connected

An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succ…

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Graphology 76% connected

The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting.

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Humanities 76% connected

of Humanity

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Major 76% connected

Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.

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Occultism 76% connected

A certain Oriental system of theosophy.

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Ology 76% connected

A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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Science 76% connected

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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Self-denial 76% connected

The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

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Self-discipline 76% connected

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

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Spanking 76% connected

of Spank

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Technology 76% connected

Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving,…

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Theogony 76% connected

The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treatin…

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Theology 76% connected

The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrine…

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Yoga 76% connected

A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain u…

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Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Domain 76% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Grooming 76% connected

of Groom

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Penalize 76% connected

To make penal.

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Preparation 76% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Punish 76% connected

To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; t…

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Punishment 76% connected

The act of punishing.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Training 76% connected

of Train

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Trait 76% connected

A stroke; a touch.

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Manner of action 1

Mortify 76% connected

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Derivationally related 12

Check 74% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Check 74% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Correctional 74% connected

Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

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Correctional 74% connected

Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

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Corrective 74% connected

Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

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Corrective 74% connected

Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

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Corrigible 74% connected

Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

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Corrigible 74% connected

Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

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Disciplinary 74% connected

Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

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Disciplinary 74% connected

Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

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Synonym 9

Bailiwick 92% connected

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Condition 92% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Correct 92% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Correction 92% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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Field 92% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Subject 92% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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