To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
To teach someone to obey authority.
To impose order on someone.
To train someone by instruction and practice.
To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
An enforced compliance or control.
A whip used for self-flagellation.
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A state of order based on submission to authority.
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.