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Disciplinary (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penal

'disciplinary' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for penal that I've seen before include "Deliberately unpleasant" , "Involving legal punishment" , "Punishable by law" , "Involving punishment as by the law" , "Very severe" .)

I've seen this clue in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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