disciplining

ADJECTIVE

cultural

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistic developmental

WEAK

adorning advancing beautifying beneficial broadening civilizing constructive corrective dignifying edifying educative elevating ennobling enriching expanding glorifying helpful humane humanizing influential inspirational instructive learned liberal liberalizing nurturing ornamenting polishing promoting raising refined refining regenerative socializing stimulating uplifting widening

NOUN

deserts

Synonyms

STRONG

chastening chastisement comeuppance compensation deserving discipline due guerdon lumps meed merit payment penalty punishment recompense requital retribution return revenge reward right

WEAK

get hers get his talion what is coming to one what one is asking for

Antonyms

STRONG

award forgiveness pardon penalty reward sympathy

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disciplining

The solicitors firm added that the ambulance trust was "not formally disciplining" staff but had "strengthened their HR process for future incidents".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The IMF, the one body charged with disciplining imbalances, has no means to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Rate hikes aimed at disciplining speculation can do more than cool the room.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

“By arresting Villarreal, rather than solely disciplining the employee for any wrongdoing, county officials took this ‘everyday journalism’ and transformed it ‘into a crime,’ ” she wrote.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026

“My mother did most of the disciplining, and she was the one that always said no.”

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

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