1. (

• discussion ,
• treatment ,
• discourse

) 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" ;

2. (

• discussion ,
• give-and-take ,
• word ,

) an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" ;