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/

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• Rhymes: -uːʃən

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

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

   Synonyms: abolition, disestablishment

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2. 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.

3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. The quality of being dissolute.

   Synonym: dissipation

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

Derived terms

• double dissolution

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 29 e)

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) (furüpošī)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} dissolution (fr) f
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} disolución (gl) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} disolución (es) f

Further reading

• “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin dissolūtiōnem (accusative of dissolūtiō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

Further reading

• “dissolution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.