dissolution : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissolution	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dissolution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissolution n separation into component parts [syn: dissolution, disintegration] the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" Synonym(s): dissolving, dissolution dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure Synonym(s): profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness the termination of a meeting Synonym(s): adjournment, dissolution the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) Synonym(s): dissolution, breakup
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissolution \Dis`solu"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.