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dissolution

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/
  • General-American: /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S AH0 L UW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abolition, disestablishment

Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2

noun

Meaning 2

Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Dissolving, or going into solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The quality of being dissolute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dissipation

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breakup

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion

Narrower terms: splitsville, annulment, invalidation

6

noun

Meaning 6

the termination of a meeting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adjournment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion

7

noun

Meaning 7

dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: profligacy, dissipation, licentiousness, looseness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence

8

noun

Meaning 8

separation into component parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disintegration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity

Narrower terms: fibrinolysis, lysis

9

noun

Meaning 9

the process of going into solution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dissolving of salt in water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dissolving

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liquefaction

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ləğv — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Bulgarian: разпускане (razpuskane) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Catalan: dissolució — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解散 (jiěsàn) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Czech: rozpuštění — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Finnish: hajottaminen — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • French: dissolution — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Georgian: დაშლა (dašla) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • German: Auflösung — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Ancient Greek: διάλυσις (diálusis) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Indonesian: pembubaran — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Japanese: 解体 (kaitai) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Japanese: 解散 (kaisan) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Japanese: 廃止 (haishi) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Latin: dissolūtiō — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Latin: interitus — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Māori: wetekanga — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Persian: فروپاشی (forupâši) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Polish: rozwiązanie — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Portuguese: dissolução — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Romanian: dizolvare — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Russian: ро́спуск (róspusk) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Russian: распа́д (raspád) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgaoileadh — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Spanish: disolución — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Spanish: desintegración — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Swedish: upplösning — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Tagalog: pagbuwag — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Tagalog: pagkabuwag — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Tajik: фурӯпошӣ (furüpoši) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Ukrainian: ро́зпуск (rózpusk) — termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
  • Bulgarian: разтваряне (raztvarjane) — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Catalan: dissolució — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Czech: rozpuštění — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Finnish: liukeneminen — dissolving, or going into solution
  • French: dissolution — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Georgian: დაშლა (dašla) — dissolving, or going into solution
  • German: Auflösung — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Indonesian: pelarutan — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Māori: memehatanga — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Middle English: resolucioun — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Middle English: dissolucioun — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Romanian: dizolvare — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Romanian: disoluție — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Romanian: descompunere — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Russian: растворе́ние (rastvorénije) — dissolving, or going into solution
  • Swedish: upplösning — dissolving, or going into solution
Real reading context

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