A simple definition list:

Term 1
  Definition 1
Term 2
  Definition 2

With multiple terms:

Term 1
Term 2
  Definition 1
Term 3
Term 4
  Definition 2

With multiple definitions:

Term 1
  Definition 1
  Definition 2
Term 2
  Definition 3
  Definition 4

With multiple lines per definition:

Term 1
  Definition 1 line 1 ... Definition 1 line 2
  Definition 2 line 1 ... Definition 2 line 2
Term 2
  Definition 3 line 2 ... Definition 3 line 2
  Definition 4 line 2 ... Definition 4 line 2

With paragraphs:

Term 1

  Definition 1 (paragraph)

Term 2

  Definition 2 (paragraph)

With multiple paragraphs:

Term 1

  Definition 1 paragraph 1 line 1 ... Definition 1 paragraph 1 line 2

  Definition 1 paragraph 2 line 1 ... Definition 1 paragraph 2 line 2

Term 2

  Definition 1 paragraph 1 line 1 ... Definition 1 paragraph 1 line 2 (lazy)

  Definition 1 paragraph 2 line 1 ... Definition 1 paragraph 2 line 2 (lazy)

A mix:

Term 1
Term 2

  Definition 1 paragraph 1 line 1 ... Definition 1 paragraph 1 line 2 (lazy)

  Definition 1 paragraph 2 line 1 ... Definition 1 paragraph 2 line 2

  Definition 2 paragraph 1 line 1 ... Definition 2 paragraph 1 line 2 (lazy)

Term 3
  Definition 3 (no paragraph)
  Definition 4 (no paragraph)
  Definition 5 line 1 ... Definition 5 line 2 (no paragraph)

  Definition 6 paragraph 1 line 1 ... Definition 6 paragraph 1 line 2

  Definition 7 (no paragraph)

  Definition 8 paragraph 1 line 1 (forced paragraph) ... Definition 8 paragraph 1 line 2

  Definition 8 paragraph 2 line 1

Term 4

  Definition 9 paragraph 1 line 1 (forced paragraph) ... Definition 9 paragraph 1 line 2

  Definition 9 paragraph 2 line 1

  Definition 10 (no paragraph)

Special cases:

Term

      code block
      as first element of a definition