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overdiscipline

overdiscipline verb: to discipline excessively.

Verb

overdiscipline (third-person singular simple present overdisciplines, present participle overdisciplining, simple past and past participle overdisciplined)

  1. (transitive) To discipline excessively.

Forms of overdiscipline

third-person singular presentoverdisciplines
present participleoverdisciplining
past participleoverdisciplined
pastoverdisciplined

Origin of overdiscipline

From over- + discipline.

Questions about overdiscipline

What does overdiscipline mean?
Overdiscipline means to discipline excessively.
What part of speech is overdiscipline?
Overdiscipline is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdiscipline?
The past tense of overdiscipline is overdisciplined.

Words near overdiscipline in the dictionary

  1. overdirects
  2. overdischarge
  3. overdischarged
  4. overdischarges
  5. overdischarging
  6. overdiscipline
  7. overdisciplined
  8. overdisciplines
  9. overdisciplining
  10. overdisclosure
  11. overdiscount

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