n. The act of dissolving, or changing from a solid to a liquid state; the state of undergoing liquefaction.n. The substance formed by dissolving a body in a menstruum; a solution.n. Separation into parts, especially into elementary or minute parts; disintegration; decomposition or resolution of natural structure, as of animal or vegetable substances. Specificallyn. Death; the separation of soul and body.n. Separation of the parts which compose a connected system or body: as, the dissolution of nature; the dissolution of government.n. The process of retrogression or degeneration: opposed to evolution.n. The breaking up of an assembly or association of any kind, or the bringing of its existence to an end: as, a dissolution of Parliament, or of a partnership; the dissolution of the English monasteries under Henry VIII.n. The act of relaxing or weakening; enervation; looseness or laxity, as of manners; dissipation; dissoluteness.n. The determination of the requisites of a mathematical problem.n. Synonyms and Termination, destruction, ruin.n. Recess, prorogation, etc. See adjournment.