Meaning of DISSOLUTION
| Pronunciation: | | `disu'looshun
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- [n] the termination of a relationship
- [n] the termination of a meeting
- [n] dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- [n] separation into component parts
- [n] the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"
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| | Synonyms: | | adjournment, breakup, disintegration, dissipation, dissolving, licentiousness, profligacy |
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| | See Also: | | action, activity, annulment, conclusion, ending, fibrinolysis, intemperance, intemperateness, invalidation, liquefaction, lysis, natural action, natural process, self-indulgence, termination | |
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| | Definition: | | Dissolution
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis`so*lu"tion\, n. [OE. dissolucioun
dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr.
dissolvere. See {Dissolve}.]
1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into
component parts; separation.
Dissolutions of ancient amities. --Shak.
2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or
moisture; liquefaction; melting.
3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition;
resolution.
The dissolution of the compound. --South.
4. The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions;
the breaking up of a partnership.
Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament.
--Blackstone.
5. The extinction of life in the human body; separation of
the soul from the body; death.
We expected Immediate dissolution. --Milton.
6. The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing
liquefaction.
A man of continual dissolution and thaw. --Shak.
7. The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.
--Bacon.
8. Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts;
ruin.
To make a present dissolution of the world.
--Hooker.
9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or
R.] --Atterbury.
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| | Definition: | | The termination; process of dissolving or winding up something. |
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