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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discussion \Dis*cus"sion\, n. [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 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 {an equation} (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math. Dict. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discussion n 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 THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.
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