Definitions for dissolution

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dissolution dis·so·lu·tion

Spelling: [dis-uh-loo-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌdɪs əˈlu ʃən/

Dissolution is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 472 anagrams from letters in dissolution (diilnoosstu).

Definitions for dissolution

noun

1. the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
2. the resulting state.
3. the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union, partnership, etc.
4. the breaking up of an assembly or organization; dismissal; dispersal.
5. Government. an order issued by the head of a state terminating a parliament and necessitating a new election.
6. death; decease.
7. a bringing or coming to an end; disintegration; decay; termination.
8. legal termination, especially of business activity, with the final distribution of assets, the fixing of liabilities, etc.
9. Chemistry. the process by which a solid, gas, or liquid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, solid, or, especially, a liquid.

Origin of dissolution

1350-1400; Middle English dissolucioun (Anglo-French) Latin dissolūtiōn- (stem of dissolūtiō). See dis-¹, solution

Examples for dissolution

After the dissolution of the University of Wittenberg his father was transferred to Halle in 1815.

He stood for Ayrshire, turning back from York when the dissolution was announced.

Northumberland and Holland were alone in wishing to avert a dissolution.

They may have been removed there from the abbey for safety at the time of the dissolution.

The dissolution of their relationship plays out in the achingly poignant duet "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"

In their dissolution agreement, Anderson was ordered to pay $255 in monthly child support.

Kerry on Friday repeated his warning that a dissolution of the peace process might lead to more Palestinian violence.

The senator even introduced them before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

And democracy has her own good, of which the insatiable desire brings her to dissolution?

Miller also filed three dissolution of marriage actions against Jeffrey Kessler in three counties of Colorado.