'Dissolution' definitions:
Definition of 'dissolution'
(from WordNet)
noun
Separation into component parts [syn: dissolution, disintegration]
noun
The process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" [syn: dissolving, dissolution]
noun
Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]
noun
The termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution]
noun
The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) [syn: dissolution, breakup]
Definition of 'Dissolution'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Dissolutions of ancient amities. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution. [1913 Webster]
- The dissolution of the compound. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership. [1913 Webster]
- Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death. [1913 Webster]
- We expected Immediate dissolution. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction. [1913 Webster]
- A man of continual dissolution and thaw. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin. [1913 Webster]
- To make a present dissolution of the world. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissolution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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