dissolution

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/

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• Rhymes: -uːʃən

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.

   Synonyms: abolition, disestablishment

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

3. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
   • 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization‎^[1], Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:

     The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to a dissolution.

   • 2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     On August 16, 2014, a 24-year-old male programmer posted a more than 9,000-word tirade about the dissolution of his relationship with video game developer Zoë Quinn.

4. Dissolving, or going into solution.
5. The quality of being dissolute.

   Synonym: dissipation

   He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.

• “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Latin dissolūtiōnem (accusative of dissolūtiō).

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dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

• “dissolution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.