disciplinable ness (disiplinablnes)

The state of being disciplinable, or amenable to instruction or discipline. We find in animals something of sagacity, providence, [and] disciplinable ne . Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind, p. 16. disciplinal (dis'i-plin-al), a. [ discipli nalis , disciplina , discipline: see discipline .] Relating to or of the nature of discipline; disciplinary. [Rare.] Leaving individual cases, which may be exceptional, out of sight, it may be said that no system of education will bear the strain of wide experience which excludes that disciplinal use of artificial pain. Bibliotheca Sacra , XLV. 8.