noun
- The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
- A branch of knowledge.
- usage: "in what discipline is his doctorate"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
- synonyms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study
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