English Explanatory Dictionary

dissolution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
  2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
  3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
  4. The quality of being dissolute.

Pronunciation

/ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/ /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/ en-us-dissolution.ogg

Word forms

dissolution dissolutions

Etymology

From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Synonyms

abolition disestablishment dissipation

Antonyms

establishment foundation

Derived words

antidissolution dissolutional dissolutionism dissolutionist double dissolution ego dissolution electrodissolution nondissolution photodissolution predissolution redissolution
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