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Dissolution

Dissolution Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dissolution? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dissolution: adjournment \| breakup \| disintegration \| dissipation \| dissolving \| licentiousness \| profligacy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dissolution: ablation \| adjournment \| aloofness \| anarchy \| annihilation \| atomization \| attrition \| bane \| biodegradability \| biodegradation \| biological death \| blackout \| blocking \| bloodbath \| blue ruin \| breakdown \| breaking down \| breaking up \| breakup \| carnage \| cessation of life \| chaos \| clinical death \| collapse \| colliquation \| conclusion \| confusion \| consumption \| corrosion \| corruption \| crack-up \| crossing the bar \| crumbling \| curtains \| damnation \| deactivation \| death \| death knell \| debt of nature \| decay \| decease \| decimation \| decoagulation \| decomposition \| decrement \| degradability \| degradation \| deliquescence \| deliquium \| dematerialization \| demise \| demobilization \| departure \| depletion \| depredation \| desolation \| despoilment \| despoliation \| destruction \| detachment \| devastation \| diaspora \| diffusion \| dilapidation \| disappearance \| disappearing \| disbandment \| discontinuation \| discontinuity \| discreteness \| disintegration \| disjunction \| dislocation \| dismissal \| disorder \| disorganization \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disruption \| dissipation \| dissolving \| disunion \| division \| divorce \| divorcement \| doom \| dying \| ebb of life \| eclipse \| elimination \| end \| end of life \| ending \| entropy \| erasure \| erosion \| eternal rest \| evanescence \| evaporation \| exfoliation \| exhaustion \| exit \| expiration \| extinction \| extinguishment \| fadeaway \| fadeout \| fading \| final summons \| finger of death \| finish \| fluidification \| fluidization \| fragmentation \| fusing \| fusion \| going \| going off \| grave \| hand of death \| havoc \| hecatomb \| holocaust \| incoherence \| inconsistency \| jaws of death \| knell \| last debt \| last muster \| last rest \| last roundup \| last sleep \| leaching \| leaving life \| liquefaction \| liquescence \| liquescency \| lixiviation \| loss \| loss of life \| making an end \| melting \| mildew \| mold \| nonadhesion \| noncohesion \| occultation \| overthrow \| oxidation \| oxidization \| parting \| partition \| passing \| passing away \| passing over \| percolation \| perdition \| perishing \| quietus \| ravage \| ravages of time \| release \| resolution \| rest \| revolution \| reward \| ruin \| ruination \| running \| rupture \| rust \| scaling \| scattering \| sentence of death \| separateness \| separation \| shades of death \| shadow of death \| shambles \| shattering \| shrinkage \| silence \| slaughter \| sleep \| solubilization \| solution \| somatic death \| split-up \| spoilage \| spoliation \| summons of death \| termination \| thawing \| unadherence \| unadhesiveness \| unclotting \| undoing \| untenacity \| vandalism \| vanishing \| vanishing point \| waste \| wear \| wear and tear \| wipe \| wrack \| wrack and ruin \| wreck See Also \| action \| activity \| annulment \| conclusion \| ending \| fibrinolysis \| intemperance \| intemperateness \| invalidation \| liquefaction \| lysis \| natural action \| natural process \| self-indulgence \| termination Dissolution In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Dissolution Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissolution?

[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"

Dissolution In Webster's Dictionary

\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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