Dissolution

//ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) wordnet
  3. 3
    Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments. countable, uncountable

    "The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to a dissolution."

  4. 4
    the termination of a meeting wordnet
  5. 5
    Dissolving, or going into solution. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure wordnet
  2. 7
    The quality of being dissolute. countable, uncountable

    "He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily."

  3. 8
    separation into component parts wordnet
  4. 9
    the process of going into solution wordnet

Synonyms

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adjournmentdissipationdissolvingablationabolitionadjournment

Example

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"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution."

Etymology

From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Related phrases

double dissolutionego dissolution

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