The act of dissolving, sundering, or
separating into component parts; separation.
Change from a solid to a fluid state;
solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
Change of form by chemical agency;
decomposition; resolution.
The dispersion of an assembly by
terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
The extinction of life in the human body;
separation of the soul from the body; death.
The state of being dissolved, or of
undergoing liquefaction.
The new product formed by dissolving a
body; a solution.
Destruction of anything by the separation
of its parts; ruin.
Corruption of morals; dissipation;
dissoluteness.