Dissolution Definition

dĭsə-lo͝oshən
noun
Decomposition into fragments or parts; disintegration.
American Heritage
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; debauchery.
American Heritage
Termination or extinction by disintegration or dispersion.
The dissolution of the empire was remarkably swift.
American Heritage
Extinction of life; death.
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A dissolving or being dissolved.
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Other Word Forms of Dissolution

Noun

Singular:
dissolution
Plural:
dissolutions

Origin of Dissolution

  • From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissolutio (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”)

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Dissolution Sentence Examples

  • The dissolution of the ice made a large puddle in the playground.

  • Thus in the Daniell cell the dissolution of copper as well as of zinc would increase the loss in available energy.

  • This process involves a decrease in the available energy of the system, for the dissolution of zinc gives out more energy than the separation of copper absorbs.

  • No mention of the monastery occurs after the Conquest, but the nunnery of Shaftesbury retained the lordship of the manor until the dissolution in the reign of Henry VIII.

  • When upon the dissolution of parliament the patron refused to return him he brought an action and recovered part, of his money.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

NONION

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dissolution

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DI & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With D11 Letter Words Ending With N