Dictionary

dissolution en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
2. (countable, uncountable) Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
   • 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. 2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN:
   • The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to a dissolution. 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:
3. (countable, uncountable) Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being dissolute.
   • He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.

Forms

Antonyms

foundation · establishment

Deriveds

antidissolution · redissolution · photodissolution · ego dissolution · nondissolution · electrodissolution · predissolution · double dissolution · dissolutionism · dissolutional · dissolutionist · prodissolution

Synonyms

disestablishment · dissipation · abolition

Translations (47)

cs rozpuštění (dissolving, or going into solution) · ro descompunere (dissolving, or going into solution) · cs rozpuštění (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · la interitus (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · enm resolucioun (dissolving, or going into solution) · ro dizolvare (dissolving, or going into solution) · la dissolūtiō (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ru растворе́ние (dissolving, or going into solution) · ru ро́спуск (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ru распа́д (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · sv upplösning (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ca dissolució (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ja 解散 (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · de Auflösung (dissolving, or going into solution) · tl pagkabuwag (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · gd sgaoileadh (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ja 解体 (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ro disoluție (dissolving, or going into solution) · ka დაშლა (dissolving, or going into solution) · fr dissolution (dissolving, or going into solution) · tl pagbuwag (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · cmn 解散 (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ja 廃止 (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · fi hajottaminen (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · sv upplösning (dissolving, or going into solution) · es desintegración (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · id pelarutan (dissolving, or going into solution) · bg разтваряне (dissolving, or going into solution) · az ləğv (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · pl rozwiązanie (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · es disolución (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · fi liukeneminen (dissolving, or going into solution) · id pembubaran (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · bg разпускане (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ca dissolució (dissolving, or going into solution) · fr dissolution (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · fa فروپاشی (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · grc διάλυσις (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · enm dissolucioun (dissolving, or going into solution) · uk ро́зпуск (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · mi memehatanga (dissolving, or going into solution) · ka დაშლა (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · de Auflösung (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · ro dizolvare (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · mi wetekanga (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · tg фурӯпошӣ (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly) · pt dissolução (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly)