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
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
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
