dissolution
n. C / Un. the official end of a group, a marriage, or a business. It can also mean the process of a solid substance melting into a liquid.
n. the formal act of terminating or ending an official body, legal agreement, or partnership. Also refers to the process of a solute being incorporated into a solvent to form a solution.
The dissolution of their marriage was finalized last month.
The sudden dissolution of the parliament led to an immediate call for new national elections.
Historians often debate whether the dissolution of the empire was an inevitable result of internal decay or a consequence of external pressures.
From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).
Uncountable when referring to the chemical process; typically countable when referring to legal or political events.