How to Spell exercise
exercise
exercise - noun
- The act of bringing into play or realizing in action : use
- The discharge of an official function or professional occupation
- The act or an instance of carrying out the terms of an agreement (such as an option)
- Regular or repeated use of a faculty or bodily organ
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"the exercise of self-control"
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French exercice, from Latin exercitium, from exercitare to train, exercise, frequentative of exercēre to train, occupy, from ex- + arcēre to enclose, hold off