dissolution
Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/
The English word “dissolution” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
- Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
- Dissolving, or going into solution.
- The quality of being dissolute.
Etymology
From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).
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