dissolution
The official end of a group or body, such as a company, parliament, or club, so that it stops existing or working.
The formal act of bringing an organization, institution, assembly, or other official body to an end so that it no longer exists or functions.
The legal end of a marriage so that the husband and wife are no longer married.
The legal termination of a marriage or similar formal partnership, making it no longer valid in law.
The process when a solid or gas mixes into a liquid so well that you cannot see it anymore.
The process by which a solid, gas, or other substance becomes uniformly dispersed in a liquid to form a solution.
The slow breaking up or end of something, such as a system, order, or way of life.
The process by which a structure, system, or order gradually breaks apart, weakens, or ceases to function effectively.
A lifestyle with too much drink, sex, and pleasure, seen as bad or morally wrong.
A way of life characterized by overindulgence in alcohol, sex, or other pleasures, often seen as morally corrupt or destructive.
- Base: dissolution
- Plural: dissolution, dissolutions
a life of dissolution
4self-indulgent, morally loose lifestyle
A way of living with too much drink, sex, and pleasure, seen as morally bad.
- He abandoned his studies for a life of dissolution in the city.
- The book warns that a life of dissolution leads only to loneliness.
dissolution of marriage
1formal term for legal divorce
A legal phrase that means the marriage is officially ended by a court.
- They filed a joint petition for dissolution of marriage.
- The lawyer specializes in cases involving the dissolution of marriage.
dissolution of parliament
2formal ending of parliamentary term
The official ending of a parliament so that its members lose their seats and new elections are called.
- The prime minister announced the dissolution of parliament and set a date for elections.
- Under the constitution, the dissolution of parliament must be approved by the head of state.
petition for dissolution
3formal request to end marriage
A legal document asking a court to officially end a marriage or similar relationship.
- She filed a petition for dissolution after months of separation.
- The couple submitted a joint petition for dissolution to speed up the process.