DISSOLUTION

dissolution, breakup

(noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

adjournment, dissolution

(noun) the termination of a meeting

profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness

(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

dissolution, disintegration

(noun) separation into component parts

dissolving, dissolution

(noun) the process of going into solution; “the dissolving of salt in water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

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

Synonym: abolition

Antonyms: establishment, foundation

Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.

Dissolving, or going into solution.

The quality of being dissolute.

Synonym: dissipation

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`so*lu"tion, n. Etym: [OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve.]

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

2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution. The dissolution of the compound. South.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] Atterbury.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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