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D — Direction to Discourse (Part 7 of 10)

Discipline, v. a.

    1. Instruct, train, breed, educate, teach, drill, exercise, form, bring up.
    2. Regulate, control, govern, school, bring under subjection.
    3. Punish, chastise, correct.

Disclaim, v. a.

    1. Disown, disavow, deny any knowledge of.
    2. Renounce, reject, cast off.

Disclaimer, n.

    1. Disavowal.
    2. (Law.) Renunciation (of a claim or a title), relinquishment.

Disclose, v. a.

    1. Uncover, expose, bring to view, bring to light.
    2. Reveal, divulge, show, unfold, unveil, tell, utter, betray, communicate, lay open, make known.

Disclosure, n. Revelation, exposure, discovery.

Discolor, v. a. Stain, tarnish, tinge, change the color of.

Discomfit, v. a.

    1. Defeat, overthrow, rout, overcome, overpower, conquer, vanquish, subdue, beat, checkmate, put to flight, put down, get the upper hand of, scatter in flight.
    2. Foil, disconcert, balk, frustrate one’s plans perplex.

Discomfiture, n. Rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin.

Discomfort, n Uneasiness, disquiet, inquietude, trouble, annoyance.

Discommode, v. a. Disturb, annoy, molest, trouble, disquiet, incommode, inconvenience, put to inconvenience.