disciplinary
adj.adj. related to rules and the punishment people receive when they break them. You often hear this word at work or school when someone is in trouble.
adj. relating to the enforcement of rules, order, and the correction of conduct. Often used in institutional contexts to describe formal procedures for addressing misconduct.
The company is taking disciplinary action against him.
The school board held a disciplinary hearing to decide if the student should be suspended.
Human resources initiated a formal disciplinary investigation following multiple reports of professional misconduct and repeated violations of the safety protocol.
From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).
Typically precedes the noun it modifies, such as 'action', 'procedure', or 'hearing'.