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Discophile
- unknown - Record-collector; record-lover.
- Someone who studies and collects gramophone records.
Discording
- verb - be different from one another
Discredits
- noun - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
- damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
- reject as false; refuse to accept
- the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
Discretion
- noun - freedom to act or judge on one's own
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
- refined taste; tact
- the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
Discretive
- - Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
Discursion
- - The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.
Discursive
- adjective - (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
- proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
Discussing
- verb - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"
- to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
Discussion
- noun - an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
- 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"