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