Meanings
plural dissolutions
- countableuncountableThe termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
Synonyms: abolition, disestablishment · Antonyms: establishment, foundation
- countableuncountableDisintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
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 21 more example
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 - countableuncountableDissolving, or going into solution.
- countableuncountableThe quality of being dissolute.
He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.
Synonyms: dissipation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
nounThe quality of being dissolute.
More synonyms by meaning
noundissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
nounthe termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindissolūtiō“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”
- Old Frenchdissolucion
- Middle Englishdissolucioun
- Englishdissolution
From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διάλυσις
- διάλυσις (diálusis)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Bulgarian разпускане, разтваряне
- разпускане (razpuskane)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- разтваряне (raztvarjane)dissolving, or going into solution
Catalan dissolució, dissolució
- dissoluciótermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- dissoluciódissolving, or going into solution
Chinese Mandarin 解散
- 解散 (jiěsàn)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Czech rozpuštění, rozpuštění
- rozpuštěnítermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- rozpuštěnídissolving, or going into solution
Finnish hajottaminen, liukeneminen
- hajottaminentermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- liukeneminendissolving, or going into solution
French dissolution, dissolution
- dissolutiontermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- dissolutiondissolving, or going into solution
German Auflösung, Auflösung
- Auflösungtermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- Auflösungdissolving, or going into solution
Indonesian pembubaran, pelarutan
- pembubarantermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- pelarutandissolving, or going into solution
Japanese 解体, 解散
- 解体 (kaitai)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- 解散 (kaisan)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- 廃止 (haishi)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Latin dissolūtiō, interitus
- dissolūtiōtermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- interitustermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Māori wetekanga, memehatanga
- wetekangatermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- memehatangadissolving, or going into solution
Persian فروپاشی
- فروپاشی (forupâši)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Polish rozwiązanie
- rozwiązanietermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Portuguese dissolução
- dissoluçãotermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Romanian dizolvare, dizolvare
- dizolvaretermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- dizolvaredissolving, or going into solution
- disoluțiedissolving, or going into solution
- descompuneredissolving, or going into solution
Russian ро́спуск, распа́д
- ро́спуск (róspusk)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- распа́д (raspád)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- растворе́ние (rastvorénije)dissolving, or going into solution
Scottish Gaelic sgaoileadh
- sgaoileadhtermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Spanish disolución, desintegración
- disolucióntermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- desintegracióntermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Swedish upplösning, upplösning
- upplösningtermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- upplösningdissolving, or going into solution
Tagalog pagbuwag, pagkabuwag
- pagbuwagtermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
- pagkabuwagtermination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Ukrainian ро́зпуск
- ро́зпуск (rózpusk)termination of an organized body or legislative assembly
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dissolution
Cite this entry
dissolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissolution
“dissolution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissolution. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissolution,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissolution.
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