n. [ OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve. ] 1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissolutions of ancient amities. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dissolution of the compound. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death. [ 1913 Webster ]

We expected
Immediate dissolution. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of continual dissolution and thaw. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [ Obs. or R. ] Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]