military discipline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmilitaryanddiscipline
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military
adjective
uk/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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discipline
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/us/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/
training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryanddisciplinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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So, re-education was the means to bring about effective cure throughmilitarydisciplineand regular work routines.
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A new feature of volunteer activity was the greater use of drills andmilitarydiscipline.
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Hence, they lacked organisational and ideological coherence as well asmilitarydiscipline.
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Their own honour and that of regiment or army, as well asmilitarydiscipline, were at stake.
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The proverbial stick was that ofmilitarydisciplineand its implied threat of corporal punishment.
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Organised civil society was forced to tread a narrow path between subversive war andmilitarydiscipline, something which caused the dissolution of thousands of associations.
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Largely, they were former soldiers, used to enforcing and obeying strictmilitarydiscipline.
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What this potentially meant was the sudden introduction ofmilitarydisciplinein the workplace and the subsequent elevation of strike activity to military desertion.
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At the same time althoughmilitarydisciplinewas generally palatable, tensions arose over issues such as food, beer, and pay and allowances, soldiers often turning these tensions to their advantage.
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Page takes us through their enlistment, training, daily hardships, combat experiences, resistance tomilitarydisciplineand finally their less than triumphant return home after the war was over.
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Quickly punish those who violatemilitarydiscipline.
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To make matters worse, the war exposed the inadequacies of the colonial militia system whereby most soldiers refused to serve outwith their areas or to accept propermilitarydiscipline.
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Occasionally, they used progressive language to present their policies as modern, but they often clung to the traditional prison regime based on strict punishment,militarydiscipline, and moralizing lectures.
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A kind ofmilitarydisciplineprevails there.
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Militarydisciplinehad reached very low levels.
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If he wishes to disobey an order then he, like anyone else undermilitarydiscipline, must pay the penalty for disobedience to an order.
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This evidence was made available to courts-martial, which had rightly been convened to consider a question ofmilitarydiscipline.
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He was backed by the terror of the battlefield, the power of court-martial, and all the forces and tradition ofmilitarydiscipline.
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