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dissolution


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Definition of dissolution

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body:the dissolution of their marriage [count noun]:the Prime Minister asked the queen for a dissolution of Parliament
  • technical the action or process of dissolving or being dissolved:minerals susceptible to dissolution
  • disintegration; decomposition:the dissolution of the flesh
  • archaic death.
  • 2debauched living; dissipation:an advanced state of dissolution

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin dissolutio(n-), from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve)

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