dissolution
noun/ˌdɪsəˈluːʃn/
/ˌdɪsəˈluːʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- dissolution (of something) the act of officially ending a marriage, a business agreement or a parliament; the act of breaking up an organization, etc.
- The company was set up following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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- dissolution (of something) the process in which something gradually disappears
- the dissolution of barriers of class and gender
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin dissolutio(n-), from the verb dissolvere, from dis- ‘apart’ + solvere ‘loosen or solve’.
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