DISSOLUTION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISSOLUTION?

Need another word that means the same as “dissolution”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “dissolution” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dissolution” are: adjournment, dissolving, disintegration, dissipation, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy, breakup, cessation, conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination, winding down, winding up, discontinuation, suspension, liquefaction, melting, breaking up, fragmenting, debauchery, decadence, dissoluteness, intemperance, immoderation, excess, abandonment, self-indulgence, wildness

Dissolution as a Noun

Definitions of "Dissolution" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dissolution” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations.
• Debauched living; dissipation.
• Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
• The action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body.
• Separation into component parts.
• The termination of a meeting.
• The action or process of dissolving or being dissolved.
• Disintegration; decomposition.
• Death.
• The process of going into solution.

Synonyms of "Dissolution" as a noun (31 Words)

abandonment	The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned. She had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness.
adjournment	The act of postponing to another time or place. I suggest we have a short adjournment.
breaking up	The act of breaking something.
breakup	The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations.
cessation	A stopping. The cessation of hostilities.
conclusion	Event whose occurrence ends something. The conclusion of a business deal.
debauchery	Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.
decadence	Luxurious self-indulgence. He denounced Western decadence.
discontinuation	The action of ceasing to do or provide something, especially something that has been provided on a regular basis. The discontinuation of the product was a surprise to many.
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration.
dissipation	The squandering of money, energy, or resources. A descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation.
dissoluteness	Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
dissolving	A gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out. The dissolving of salt in water.
end	The point in time at which something ends. Both ends wrote at the same time.
ending	The end of a word a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme. The ending of warranty period.
excess	Excessive indulgence. We will deduct the excess from the loss and then pay up to the policy limit.
finish	The act of finishing. Excitement grew as the finish neared.
fragmenting	A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
immoderation	The quality of being excessive and lacking in restraint; overindulgence. He paid a high price for his immoderation.
intemperance	The quality of being intemperate. His occasional intemperance of tone.
licentiousness	Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
liquefaction	The process of making something, especially a gas, liquid. Helium can be obtained from the liquefaction of natural gas.
looseness	Freedom from restraint. Misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression.
melting	The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. The melting of the polar ice caps can cause floods.
profligacy	Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure. The emperor s sexual profligacy.
self-indulgence	Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.
suspension	Temporary cessation or suspension. The suspension of military action.
termination	Something that results. A good result and a happy termination.
wildness	The property of being wild or turbulent. The wildness of his anger.
winding down	The act of winding or twisting.
winding up	The act of winding or twisting.

Usage Examples of "Dissolution" as a noun

• The Prime Minister asked the queen for a dissolution of Parliament.
• Minerals susceptible to dissolution.
• An advanced state of dissolution.
• The dissolution of their marriage.
• The dissolution of the flesh.

Associations of "Dissolution" (30 Words)

adjournment	The termination of a meeting. I suggest we have a short adjournment.
asunder	Apart. Torn asunder.
decomposition	(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance. The decomposition of organic waste.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. The second argument is more diffuse.
disappear	Get lost, as without warning or explanation. He disappeared without a trace.
disappearance	The process of something ceasing to exist or be in use. The police were investigating her disappearance.
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. A disintegration of personality.
dismissal	The termination of someone’s employment (leaving them free to depart. The dismissal of a batsman.
dispel	Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear. The brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine s dejection.
disperse	Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase as in a colloid. The crowds dispersed.
dispersed	Distributed or spread over a considerable extent. Has ties with many widely dispersed friends.
disseminate	Cause to become widely known. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
dissemination	The action or fact of spreading something, especially information, widely. The dissemination of public information.
dissipate	Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption. No power is dissipated in this sort of control element.
dissipation	Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living. The dissipations in the switch and diode are small.
dissolute	Unrestrained by convention or morality. Unfortunately his heir was feckless and dissolute.
diversify	Make (more) diverse. Diversify a course of study.
division	A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. The BBC s engineering division.
extravagance	The quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth. His reckless extravagance with other people s money.
lightly	With few burdens. She placed her hand lightly on my shoulder.
looseness	A lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice. The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made.
prodigality	Excessive spending.
profligacy	Licentious or dissolute behaviour. The government returned to fiscal profligacy.
profligate	Recklessly wasteful. He succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle.
scatter	The scattering of light other electromagnetic radiation or particles. He charged across the foyer scattering people.
separation	The process of distinguishing between two or more things. Religion involved the separation of the sacred and the profane.
shed	Shed at an early stage of development. A garden shed.
strew	Spread by scattering. The table was strewn with books and papers.
waste	Run off as waste. Waste heat.
wasteful	Tending to squander and waste. Wasteful duplication of effort.