dissolution
nounEtymology
From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).
- derived from dissolucion
- inherited from dissolucioun
Definitions
The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal…
The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
- The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to a dissolution.
- 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.
Dissolving, or going into solution.
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The quality of being dissolute.
- He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at dissolution. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at dissolution. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at dissolution
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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