The phrase "administer discipline" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is enforcing rules or consequences, often in educational or organizational settings.
Example: "The principal had to administer discipline to the students who were caught breaking the school rules."
Alternatives: "impose discipline" or "enforce discipline".
Many people complained that Coach Chris Olsen had failed to administer discipline and was conflicted in his dual role as the school's athletic director.
The union also began a separate proceeding before the system arbitrator, Stephen Burbank of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, arguing that Burbank — not Goodell — is the only person who can administer discipline in the case because it involves violations pertaining to the payment of non-contract bonuses, which are prohibited by the C.B.A. as salary-cap violations.
Under the guidelines, schools and teachers are being urged to move away from relying on officers to administer discipline.
When a baptized member is accused of committing a serious sin usually cases of sexual misconduct or charges of apostasy for disputing the Watch Tower Society's doctrines —a judicial committee is formed to determine guilt, provide help and possibly administer discipline.
In the Arte della lana (the wool-cloth guild), a "foreign" official was responsible for administering discipline and had the right to beat and even torture or behead workers found guilty of acts of sabotage and theft.
Studies of the use of punishment in PA suggest that PA sometimes will be used as a tool for administering discipline [ 2, 49], although this approach may decrease both learning and motivation as a result.
Changes to the rules that administer ecclesiastical discipline against priests who sexually abuse minors are also expected to be made public in the next few days.
Still, in recent seasons the league toughened rules against checks to the head in an effort to reduce concussions, and it brought in a respected former player, Brendan Shanahan, to administer tighter discipline against players who commit dangerous fouls.
If they are both still awake, administer some discipline (or promise some for after the nap).
For administering stern discipline, Andrew is fired.
In addition to Clare, there is a man named George Laidlaw, who is obsessed with the national debt; Margaret, a woman who is convinced that God is speaking to her; Charles Seymour, an aristocrat who is not at all insane but who has been parked there by his parents to get him out of the way of an unsuitable love match; and the fearsome Admiral Stockdale, who administers rough discipline.
