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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. separation into component parts;
[syn: dissolution, disintegration]

2. the process of going into solution;
- Example: "the dissolving of salt in water"
[syn: dissolving, dissolution]

3. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure;
[syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]

4. the termination of a meeting;
[syn: adjournment, dissolution]

5. the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations);
[syn: dissolution, breakup]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dissolution n 1: separation into component parts [syn: dissolution, disintegration] 2: the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" [syn: dissolving, dissolution] 3: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness] 4: the termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution] 5: the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) [syn: dissolution, breakup]