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Meaning of 'dissolution' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dissolution [ n.]
- The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
- Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
- Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
- The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
- The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
- The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.
- The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.
- Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
- Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.

Meaning of 'dissolution' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dissolution [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the process of going into solution
Example in sentence:
  • the dissolving of salt in water

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