Decrease and Dissolution

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• Separation into component parts.
  • synonyms: disintegration
• The process of going into solution.
  • usage: "the dissolving of salt in water"
  • synonyms: dissolving
• Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
  • synonyms: profligacy, dissipation, licentiousness, looseness
• The termination of a meeting.
  • synonyms: adjournment
• The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations. ).
  • synonyms: breakup

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

DISSOLUTION is the act of ending, terminating or winding-up a company or state of affairs. For example, when the life of a company is ended by normal legal means, it is said to be "dissolved". The same is said of marriage or partnerships which, by dissolution, ends the legal relationship between those persons formally joined by the marriage or partnership.