Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Discussion

Discussion , noun

[Latin discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: compare French 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
Collocations (1)
Discussion of a problem or Discussion of an equation (Mathematics) , the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. — Math. Dict