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Synonyms for discipline
The synonym for discipline recorded in this bank is correction, in the sense "the act of disciplining". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for discipline
- correctionnoun, in the sense "the act of disciplining"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for discipline.
the act of disciplining
The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received.
The true synonym
correction
Same sentence, swapped: The offenders deserved the harsh correction they received.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot discipline is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- subject
- detention
- imprisonment
Where discipline turns up in the game
discipline is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where discipline is the trap
- correctverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is right, in the sense "make right or correct", and discipline is on the board beside it.
- correctverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is set, in the sense "alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard", and discipline is on the board beside it.
- avengeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is revenge, in the sense "take revenge for a perceived wrong", and discipline is one of the three tiles that lose.
- bountynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is generosity, in the sense "generosity in giving", with discipline sitting one tile away.
Play discipline
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so discipline reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other actions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. discipline carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.