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Synonyms for discipline

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineActions

the act of disciplining

The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

correction

Same sentence, swapped: The offenders deserved the harsh correction they received.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for discipline as it is used in the sentence above.

subject
detention
imprisonment

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