dissolution Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun separation into component parts
disintegration.
noun the process of going into solution
dissolving.
- the dissolving of salt in water
noun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
dissipation; licentiousness; looseness; profligacy.
noun the termination of a meeting
adjournment.
noun the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
breakup.

OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve.

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
Dissolutions of ancient amities. Shak.
Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
The dissolution of the compound. South.
The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. Blackstone.
The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
We expected Immediate dissolution. Milton.
The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.
A man of continual dissolution and thaw. Shak.
The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. Bacon.
Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker.
Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. Obs. or R. Atterbury.