dissolution

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/ UK /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

noun
Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.

The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to a dissolution.
2

noun
The quality of being dissolute.

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

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Synonyms

2 noun · the quality of being... dissipation

Word family

Derived forms antidissolutiondissolutionaldissolutionismdissolutionistelectrodissolutionnondissolutionphotodissolutionpredissolutionredissolution

Etymology

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

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