Antonyms for dissolution


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-uh-loo-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs əˈlu ʃən


Definition of dissolution

Origin :
  • late 14c., "separation into parts," also "frivolity, moral laxness, dissolute living," from Old French dissolution (12c.) and directly from Latin dissolutionem (nominative dissolutio) "a dissolving, destroying, interruption, dissolution," noun of action from past participle stem of dissolvere (see dissolve).
  • noun separation, rupture
  • noun death; destruction
Example sentences :
  • They may have been removed there from the abbey for safety at the time of the dissolution.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • After the dissolution of the University of Wittenberg his father was transferred to Halle in 1815.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • And democracy has her own good, of which the insatiable desire brings her to dissolution?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • He stood for Ayrshire, turning back from York when the dissolution was announced.
  • Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
  • Northumberland and Holland were alone in wishing to avert a dissolution.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • Dissolution, death, and dust, and a half-interest in an abandoned mine!
  • Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
  • His desertion of her must have finished the dissolution of their marriage.
  • Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells
  • Adultery does not of itself entail the dissolution of marriage.
  • Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
  • Histolysis: the degeneration and dissolution of organic tissue.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Hence the holiness of others will not avail them at the hour of dissolution.
  • Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles

Synonyms for dissolution

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