dissolution | Definition of dissolution

1 the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

the dissolution of the empire into a patchwork of petty kingdoms

Synonyms of dissolution

bifurcation, breakup, cleavage, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, separation, split, sundering

Words Related to dissolution

breach, rupture

divorce, severance

decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision

atomization, dichotomization, polarization

diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering

administration, apportionment, distribution

isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration

Near Antonyms of dissolution

assemblage, association

attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup

aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion

Antonyms of dissolution

unification, union

2 the doing away with something by formal action

one of the junta's first acts was the dissolution of the national assembly

Synonyms of dissolution

abatement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation (also cancelation), defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, quashing, repeal, rescindment, voiding

Words Related to dissolution

abortion, calling off, recall

countermand, override, overruling, overturn, veto

retraction, reversal, revocation, suspension, withdrawal

banning, enjoining, forbiddance, outlawing, prohibition

disallowance, dismissal, rejection

elimination, eradication, erasure, liquidation, removal

Near Antonyms of dissolution

enactment, legislation

establishment, founding, institution

formalization, legalization, legitimation, legitimization, validation

passing, ratification

approval, authorization, clearance, endorsement (also indorsement), permission, sanctioning

commandment, decreeing, mandating, ordering, prescription

3 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

she believed that her leukemia, although in remission, would eventually be the cause of her dissolution

Synonyms of dissolution

curtains, death, decease, demise, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep

Words Related to dissolution

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Near Antonyms of dissolution

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise

Antonyms of dissolution

birth, nativity

Synonyms and Antonyms of dissolution

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