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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discussion \Dis*cus"sion\, noun [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]
1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. [archaic]
2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. --Macaulay.
{Discussion of a problem} or {Discussion of an equation} (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math. Dict.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discussion
noun
1: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" [syn: {treatment}, {discourse}]
2: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: {give-and-take}, {word}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "discussion": airing, analysis, argument, article, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, bull session, buzz session, canvassing, causerie, chat, colloquium, colloquy, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consideration, consultation, convention, conversation, council, council fire, council of war, debate, debating, deliberation, descant, dialectic, dialogue, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, essay, etude, examination, exchange, exchange of views, excursus, exposition, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, feature, first approach, forum, high-level talk, homily, huddle, interchange of views, interview, introductory study, investigation, joint discussion, logical analysis, logical discussion, lucubration, meeting, memoir, monograph, morceau, negotiations, news conference, note, open discussion, open forum, outline, palaver, pandect, panel discussion, paper, paragraph, parley, piece, pourparler, powwow, preliminary study, press conference, prolegomenon, rap, rap session, research paper, review, screed, scrutiny, seance, seminar, session, sitting, sketch, special article, study, summit, summit conference, summitry, survey, symposium, talk, term paper, theme, thesis, town meeting, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, ventilation
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DISCUSSION, noun A method of confirming others in their errors.
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