disciplinary.

1. Concerned with enforcing rules of conduct or addressing a breach of them.

2. Relating to a particular academic field or its practices.

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Words that belong together

• disciplinary procedure
• disciplinary action

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The disciplinary procedure allowed the employee to answer the allegation.

Disciplinary action followed the stated process rather than an informal judgment by one supervisor.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Relational adjective; no ordinary degree comparison except where a meaningful degree is explicitly intended. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.