n. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
n. Text giving further detail on a subject.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.
n. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or process of breaking up or dispersing; dispersion, as of a swelling or an effusion.
n. Debate; disquisition; the agitation of a point or subject with a view to elicit truth or gain a cause; argument about something.
n. In civil law, the act of exhausting legal proceedings against a debtor or his property before proceeding against the property of a person secondarily liable for the debt.
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n. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
n. an exchange of views on some topic
Word Usage
"Last time I checked, FORTY YEARS in discussion is a pretty long time, yea man, it really is, wipe that astonished look off your face."