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noun

Dissolution n.

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation. "Dissolutions of ancient amities."

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."

The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership. "Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament."

The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death. "We expected Immediate dissolution."

The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction. "A man of continual dissolution and thaw."

The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.

Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin. "To make a present dissolution of the world."

Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. (Obs. or R.)

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"Dissolution" Quotes from Famous Books

... certain amount of church property had been retained at the dissolution of the monasteries; Elizabeth sent commissioners to search it out, and the courtiers ...

— Sejanus: His Fall • Ben Jonson

... N. decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c. (uncleanness) 653; dispersion &c. 73; disjunction &c. 44; disintegration. V. decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze[Chem]; ...

— Roget's Thesaurus • Peter Mark Roget

... prosperity of the people. In 1643 a law was passed prohibiting the Governor and Council from imposing taxes without the consent of the Assembly.[321] At the same session Berkeley assented to a statute exempting the Burgesses from arrest during sessions of Assembly and for ten days after dissolution.[322] The fees of the Secretary of State were limited and fixed in order to prevent excessive and unjust ...

— Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 • Thomas J. Wertenbaker

... himself for the blow, but it was not heavy enough nor swift enough. Sandel swayed, but did not fall, staggering back to the ropes and holding on. King staggered after him, and, with a pang like that of dissolution, delivered another blow. But his body had deserted him. All that was left of him was a fighting intelligence that was dimmed and clouded from exhaustion. The blow that was aimed for the jaw struck no higher than ...

— When God Laughs and Other Stories • Jack London

... portage."—Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, p. 17. "It is worthy notice, that our mountains are not solitary."—Ib., p. 26. "It is of about one hundred feet diameter."— Ib., 33. "Entering a hill a quarter or half a mile."—Ib., p. 47. "And herself seems passing to that awful dissolution, whose issue is not given human foresight to scan."—Ib., p. 100. "It was of a spheroidical form, of about forty feet diameter at the base, and had been of about twelve feet altitude."—Ib., ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

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