| dissolution | 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. 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. Origin: OE. Dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. Dissolution, fr. L. Dissolutio, fr. Dissolvere. See Dissolve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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