discussionn.
/dᵻˈskʌʃn/, U.S. /dᵻˈskəʃən/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]
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a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 2582 When þe devels and þe angels Has desputed our lif..And discucion made, als fals to be.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 98 (MED) Seynt Gregorie seyth, þat doom is a dyscussyoun of þe cause.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) l. 1 Here fordos he discussion of syn, for he grauntes the dede.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qv Make dayly discussion of thy conscience.
1618 T. Adams Happines of Church 110 They are set before the Iudge, and there suffer discussion or tryall.
a1694 J. Tillotson Several Disc. Repentance (1700) ii. 51 A particular discussion and examination of our Consciences.
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a. Treatment of a subject, in speech or writing, in which the various facts, opinions, and issues relating to it are considered; the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > examination by discussion > [noun]
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1546 S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles To Rdr. f. iv The discussion of the scriptures, requireth goddes further giftes of erudicion and lernynge.
1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 67 Where you seeme to be offended with the discussion of this mater, what hurt..can golde catche in the fier, or truth with discussing?
1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes viii. f. xliiiiv The subtlenesse of mans wyt..is to bee reiected from the iudgement and discussion of this holy mystery.
1624 A. Darcie in tr. Originall of Idolatries Gratulatory Epist. sig. a There is no doubt but your Noble selues mette with many Oppositions and Encounters, by way of discussion and Argument.
1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans To Rdr. sig. A2v Discussion is no prejudice but an honour to the truth.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 273 I do not mean to renew the discussion of such opinions.
1789 W. Belsham Ess. II. xl. 519 Passionate dogmatists, the avowed enemies of discussion.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 205 In the House of Commons..there was in theory unrestricted liberty of discussion.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 477 He..forbade any further discussion of State policy.
1891 Law Times Rep. 65 567/1 Much learning was expended in the discussion of the point.
1920 ‘J. E. Buckrose’ Young Hearts xx. 258 Mathilda denied Mrs. Kerman the pleasures of discussion as a punishment, and walked straight past her.
1926 Social Forces 5 164/1 Recognizing the profitableness of all scientific discussion.
1958 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 308/1 It was Franck, Szilard, Mulliken, and Rabinowitch among others..whose ideas had stimulated discussion.
1993 A. Brink On Contrary ii. 289 After much discussion it was agreed to dispatch Hendrik Ras's brother.
b. A written or spoken treatment of a subject; a conversation conducted in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun]
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip > discussion
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1598 I. K. tr. A. Romei Courtier's Acad. iii. 78 (heading) The third daies discourse: Wherein is contained a discussion of Honour.
1648 Mercurius Pacificus 7 Ever obstructing an interview face to face, lest by dialoguizings and discussions both truth might have come to light, and her daughter peace.
1654 R. Vilvain Chronogr. 1 Chronography [is] a discussion or disquisition of Times themselfs.
1727 New Mem. Lit. Apr. 279 The Curious will find in it learned discussions, and critical remarks upon some passages in the New Testament.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France Pref. p. iii The Author began a second and more full discussion on the subject.
1792 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 26 Feb. Mr. Pitt's declaring against all private discussions of the Irish business.
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins II. xiv. 306 Their talk was principally of boating,..with discussions on the merits of the ‘strokes’ of the different boats.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 14 This discussion is one of the least satisfactory in the dialogues of Plato.
1929 H. W. Haggard Devils, Drugs, & Doctors xii. 288 A formal public discussion took place in Paris on the subject of whether incubuses could procreate their species.
1953 D. Eisenhower Let. 24 Feb. in W. S. Churchill & D. Eisenhower Corr. (1990) 28 I have highest regard for Slim and personally feel his participation in discussions will have good and stabilizing effect.
1998 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Sept. 37/2 The problem began after Cynthia took part in a local online discussion about ‘spamming’.
2005 Isis 96 102/2 Chapter five offers a good discussion on the so-called movements or respiration of the brain.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > dispersing, etc., of humours or morbid matter
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1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. xxi. 297 And first of the forme of a cataplasme for the cure of Oedema, (which is a botche of fleugmaticke matter..,) in the which euill it is necessary to haue remollition with discussion, or (as they say) resoluing, loosening and ceasing of paine.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 3 Discussion of vaporous superfluities.
1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 26 Evident from the suddain and easy discussion of the fit.
1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. cvi. 345 The Termination of the Erysipelas was not only by Discussion or Resolution, but also by Suppuration.
1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 35 The Parents earnestly desiring the Discussion of it, I was constrained to put upon the Tumour..Diabotanum.
1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) XXII. 617/2 The parts affected being..gently rubbed over.., the tension, irritation, and pain, are often very much relieved, and the discussion of the tumour thereby greatly promoted.
1865 Dundee Courier & Argus 22 Aug. 4/4 Recovery is initiated by a gradual discussion of the tumour, and the peeling off of the inflamed part of the skin and the infected membrane.
4. Scots Law and Civil Law. The exhaustion of legal proceedings against a debtor; esp. the exhaustion of proceedings against a person primarily liable for a debt or payment, before proceedings are brought against a surety. Also: the seizure of a debtor's property as part of this process (see discuss v. 5a).In quot. 1678 with reference to theft rather than debt.Originally a feature of Roman civil law, discussion is treated in the French civil law code, and hence the civil codes of Louisiana and Quebec.
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1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. xx. 215 Though that priviledge be granted, quo ad the discussion, yet it inferrs no indemnity to the receptor.
1731 A. Bayne Notes for Students Munic. Law i. iii. 127 Discussion is performed by poinding Moveables, adjudging Lands, arresting and pursuing Forthcomings of Sums, according as the Circumstances of the Person demand.
1780 Sel. Decisions Court of Session 284 Upon the ground now mentioned, the privilege of discussion is competent at common law.
1825 Civil Code Louisiana iii. iv. iii. 439 The defendant in such action may demand a discussion of the property belonging to the original debtor.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 290/2 The privilege of discussion is now taken away by the Act 19 and 20 Vict., c. 60, §8, 1856, unless expressly stipulated for in the instrument of caution.
1870 T. McCord Civil Code Lower Canada (ed. 2) iii. xv. 311/2 A judicial surety cannot demand the discussion of the principal debtor.
1917 F. L. Joannini tr. D. V. Sarsfield et al. Argentine Civil Code 317 The surety cannot be compelled to pay the creditor, without the previous discussion of all the property of the debtor.
2009 S. N. Katz Oxf. Internat. Encycl. Legal Hist. III. 128/2 The European codifications took only certain instances as justifying the dispensing with discussion, such as the absence of the debtor.
5. Consumption of food or drink, esp. with leisurely enjoyment. Frequently colloquial and humorous. Now rare.In quot. 1862 with reference to smoking a cigar.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun]
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1814 W. Scott Waverley I. x. 126 Much more rational persons than the Bautherwhillery Club could have mustered, even before discussion of the first magnum.
1853 C. Brontë Villette I. vi. 89 The small, dainty messes Miss Marchmont's cook used to send up..to the discussion of which we could not bring half an appetite between us.
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. iii. 49 [He] has..five minutes for the discussion of his beloved cheroot.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 143 The discussion of a bottle of port in Mr. Rudd's back parlour.
1922 D. G. Mackail Bill the Bachelor ii. 64 The creature in the red flannel dressing-gown returns to the leisurely and slightly messy discussion of her evening meal.
Phrases
P1. under discussion: being considered in speech or writing, often as a prelude to action being taken; constituting the topic of discourse or conversation. Also to come (also fall, etc.) under discussion: to be or become the topic of discourse or conversation.
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1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xxiii. 227 I..shall speak very little in answer to such passages as have formerly come under discussion.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. 86 We must not judge the Question here under Discussion, altogether upon the same Foundation as if we were only examining the Merit of each Fruit in particular.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. liii. 153 Wheresoever his character falls under discussion, there is generally some person present, who..undertakes his defence.
1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 9 Feb. He should be the less disinclined..to vote for the motion under discussion, if he was not afraid that it would be followed up by another for impeachment.
1819 W. Gunn Inq. Gothic Archit. 80 I consider the architecture under discussion in the same point of view.
1871 Law Rep.: Privy Council Appeals 3 428 The matter of the writ was under discussion before the Judge on the previous afternoon.
1925 Times 23 Feb. 19/3 The possibility of standardizing the sequence of programme items is another matter under discussion.
1962 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 56 157 Such facets as..multiplier and ripple effects..are brought under discussion from different vantage points.
2009 I. T. Gordon People on Move ii. 16 It was a mark of respect among the Cree not to speak the name of a person under discussion.
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benefit of discussion n. Scots Law and Civil Law the right of a person liable for another's debt to require legal proceedings to be exhausted against the person who is primarily liable before demand is made upon himself or herself.In quot. 1678 with reference to theft rather than debt.
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1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. xx. 215 Where the benefite of discussion is granted to Heirs or Cautioners, he who hath the benefite may be pursued, if the party who would have been first discust, be, in solvendo.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xxvii. 119 To sist process against such Heirs as have the benefite of Discussion.
1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. i. xxiii. 459 One who becomes bound, either to cause the debtor [to] pay, or pay the debt himself..has not the benefit of discussion.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 184/2 By the Roman law sureties were..liable only after the creditor had sought payment from the principal debtor, and he was unable to pay. This was called the benefit or right of discussion.
1865 Civil Code Lower Canada: 6th Rep. xv. ii. 145 The surety is liable only upon the default of the debtor, who must previously be discussed, unless the surety have renounced the benefit of discussion.
1917 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. & Amer. Law Reg. 66 65 To indemnify the creditor against loss, as is the practice in common-law countries under the benefit of discussion.
2001 Arab Law Q. 16 148 The Shari'a resembles English law in not having the Roman and civilian law benefit of discussion.
P3. † discussion of heirs n. Scots Law Obsolete the process by which legal proceedings are brought against a deceased debtor's heirs, in a determined order, with use of diligence against the first, before proceeding against the second, and so on.
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1686 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 393 Drummelzier, as heir of provision to the disponer in thir lands, without abiding any order of discussion of heirs, behoved to relieve him.
1741 Ld. Kames Decisions Court of Session 1 sig. (d)2 Discussion of heirs.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 290/2 Discussion, this is a technical term in the law of Scotland, and may be applied either to the discussion of a principal debtor, or to the discussion of heirs.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in sense 2).
discussion circle n.
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1874 Northern Echo 17 Sept. 3/3 The many little discussion circles that had formed among the passengers had voted everything simply ‘disgraceful’.
1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point iii. iii. 269 When the Neale clan gets together, it's just one devastating discussion-circle from morning to night.
1997 G. Hosking Russia (1998) iii. vi. 267 The opportunity the university offered them for gathering in cosy, informal discussion circles.
discussion group n.
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1895 Rev. of Reviews May 463/1 To form a Debating Society, or Social Questions Discussion Group, in connection with the Centre.
1921 H. J. Laski Let. 31 July (1953) I. 356 A discussion group to thresh out the problems of governmental re-organisation.
2002 A. Feenberg Transforming Technol. (rev. ed.) iv. 99 We are familiar on the Internet with online work and discussion groups.
discussion meeting n.
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1824 Dublin Jrnl. 12 Nov. 1/5 (heading) Discussion meeting at Carrick-on-Shannon.
1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. iv. 97 The young man..may get and give much good in discussion-meetings.
2011 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 19 May c7/1 You are welcome to attend a series of three discussion meetings exploring the teachings of C.S. Lewis.
discussion panel n.
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1933 Bakersfield Californian 15 Nov. 7/6 A discussion panel will be led by Miss Rula C. Harding.
2012 J. Rattigan-Rohr It takes Village ii. 11 On the discussion panel were parents, teachers, school administrators, school district personnel, and School of Education faculty.
discussion session n.
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1882 Amer. Gas Light Jrnl. 2 Nov. 212/2 The discussion session in connection with the Manchester Association of Employers, Foremen and Draughtsmen was opened on Saturday.
1951 Times 19 Nov. 3/2 It was one of the most interesting of the 18 discussion sessions of the conference.
2011 D. Cook in D. Cook & L. Farmer Using Qualitative Methods in Action Res. ii. 22/1 Focus groups are coordinated sessions in which a researcher or librarian convenes a discussion session with a selection of library patrons and users.
discussion topic n.
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1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 13 Apr. 9/2 A discussion topic, ‘The Sunday School’, followed.
1980 N.Y. Mag. 13 Oct. 31/2 She invited me to join her and her friends... The discussion topic—heroin.
2009 N. Otto & A. Lupton Give Peace Deadline vi. 109 Below we have listed several discussion topics that have inspired various peace teams we've interacted with.
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discussion board n. Computing = forum n. Additions.
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1983 New Private Bboard Syst. in net.motss (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Oct. I welcome members of the MOTSS news group to form a discussion board on the system.
1998 PC Mag. Sept. 120/2 Discussion boards are not extensive and are poorly organized, with topic categories too broad and with many messages lacking subject lines.
2011 T. D'Souza Mule 191 She'd read about it online, a hundred women on a discussion board said it had worked for them.
discussion forum n. a venue or medium for discussion; (now) spec. (Computing) = forum n. Additions.
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1833 Essex Standard 16 Nov. To open discussion-forums, to lecture, agitate, and bring their peculiar tenets before the people, is their grand object.
1982 More Marriage Questions in net.singles (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Nov. Since this is a discussion forum, go ahead and post your replies.
1993 D. C. Sigee et al. X-ray Microanal. in Biol. Pref. p. xiii To provide a discussion forum for those interested in biological XRMA, the Biological X-ray Microanalysis Group was formed in Britain some five years ago.
2011 L. Z. Leslie Celebrity in 21st Cent. vii. 218 Visitors to this site can register and enter one of several discussion forums, most relating in some way to celebrities.
discussion programme n. (a) a programme (programme n. 3) of discussions, or topics for discussion; a prearranged discussion; (b) a radio or television programme in which various topics are discussed.
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1893 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 11 Aug. 3/3 (headline) Discussion Programme.
1899 Oak Park (Illinois) Times 20 Apr. Mr. H. D. Pierce, chairman of the discussion program, prefaced by saying the club's work has been valuable in developing public opinion.
1937 Record-Argus (Greenville, Pa.) 12 Feb. 11/6 Discussion programs on the Supreme Court proposals—WABC-CBS 3:45, Man on the Street.
1997 H. Kureishi Love in Blue Time 52 Nicola worked on a late-night TV discussion programme.
2002 A. H. Johns & A. Saeed in Y. Y. Haddad & J. I. Smith Muslim Minorities in West xi. 211 A series of discussion programs hosted at the Preston mosque in Melbourne.
discussion thread n. Computing = thread n. Additions b.
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1985 Re: Font/Da Mover in net.micro.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 11 May Much of this information came from a discussion thread on Compuserve by the author of the new mover.
1994 CompuServe Mag. Nov. 18/2 Filing away news articles, discussion threads, and other electronic eruditions on only those subjects that interest him.
2010 U. Okonkwo Luxury Online ii. 31 She..notices that there is a discussion thread on the bag and that more than 200 people have posted comments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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