Solution and Dissolution

noun

• A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution.
  • usage: "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
• A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
  • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • synonyms: answer, result, resolution, solvent
• A method for solving a problem.
  • usage: "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"
• The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.
  • synonyms: root
• The successful action of solving a problem.
  • usage: "the solution took three hours"

• (n.) The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
• (n.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption.
• (n.) The act of solving or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem or the result of the process.
• (n.) A crisis.
• (n.) The act of separating the parts of any body or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
• (n.) release; deliverance; discharge.
• (n.) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.
• (n.) The termination of a disease; resolution.

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.