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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissolution \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dissolution n 1: separation into component parts [syn: {disintegration}] 2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: {profligacy}, {dissipation}, {licentiousness}] 3: the termination of a meeting [syn: {adjournment}] 4: the termination of a relationship [syn: {breakup}]
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