FromMiddle Englishdissolucioun, fromOld Frenchdissolucion, fromLatindissolūtiō(“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).
dissolution (countable anduncountable,pluraldissolutions)
- Thetermination of anorganizedbody orlegislativeassembly, especially aformaldismissal.
- Synonyms:abolition,disestablishment
- Antonyms:establishment,foundation
- Disintegration, ordecomposition intofragments.
1822,John Barclay, chapter I, inAn Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[1], Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I,page 2:The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to adissolution.
2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, inCNN[2]:On August 16, 2014, a 24-year-old male programmer posted a more than 9,000-word tirade about thedissolution of his relationship with video game developer Zoë Quinn.
- Dissolving, or going intosolution.
- The quality of beingdissolute.
- Synonym:dissipation
He led a life ofdissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.
termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
dissolving, or going into solution
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FromLatindissolūtiōnem (accusative ofdissolūtiō).
dissolution f (pluraldissolutions)
- dissolution
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