dissolution

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uːʃən

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
Synonyms: abolition, disestablishment

Antonyms: establishment, foundation
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.
Dissolving, or going into solution.
The quality of being dissolute.
Synonym: dissipation

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

Derived terms

Translations

termination of an organized body or legislative assembly

Azerbaijani: ləğv (az)
Bulgarian: разпускане (bg) n (razpuskane)
Catalan: dissolució (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 解散 (zh) (jiěsàn)
Czech: rozpuštění n
Finnish: hajottaminen (fi)
French: dissolution (fr) f
Georgian: დაშლა (dašla)
German: Auflösung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: διάλυσις f (diálusis)
Indonesian: pembubaran (id)
Japanese: 解体 (ja) (kaitai), 解散 (ja) (kaisan), 廃止 (ja) (haishi)
Latin: dissolūtiō f, interitus m
Maori: wetekanga
Persian: فروپاشی (fa) (forupâši)
Polish: rozwiązanie (pl) n
Portuguese: dissolução (pt) f
Romanian: dizolvare (ro) f
Russian: ро́спуск (ru) m (róspusk) (by an outside agent), распа́д (ru) m (raspád) (by itself)
Scottish Gaelic: sgaoileadh m
Spanish: disolución (es), desintegración (es) f
Swedish: upplösning (sv) c
Tagalog: pagbuwag, pagkabuwag
Tajik: фурӯпошӣ (tg) (furüpoši)
Ukrainian: ро́зпуск m (rózpusk)

dissolving, or going into solution

Bulgarian: разтваряне n (raztvarjane)
Catalan: dissolució (ca) f
Czech: rozpuštění n
Finnish: liukeneminen (fi)
French: dissolution (fr) f
Georgian: დაშლა (dašla)
German: Auflösung (de) f
Indonesian: pelarutan (id)
Maori: memehatanga
Middle English: resolucioun, dissolucioun
Romanian: dizolvare (ro) f, disoluție (ro) f, descompunere (ro) f
Russian: растворе́ние (ru) n (rastvorénije)
Swedish: upplösning (sv)

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