dissolution

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Dissolving, or going into solution.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being dissolute.

Opposite of
establishment, foundation
Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/
Etymology

In summary

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

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