Disciplinary Definition

dĭsə-plə-nĕrē
adjective
Of or having to do with discipline.
Webster's New World
That enforces discipline by punishing or correcting.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a specific field of academic study.
American Heritage

For the purpose of imposing punishment.

The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities.
Wiktionary

Origin of Disciplinary

  • From Vulgar Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”)

    From Wiktionary

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