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DISSOLUTIONS
Noun
dissolutions
plural of dissolution
Source: Wiktionary
DISSOLUTION
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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