the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.

the resulting state.

the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union, partnership, etc.

the breaking up of an assembly or organization; dismissal; dispersal.

Government . an order issued by the head of a state terminating a parliament and necessitating a new election.

death; decease.

a bringing or coming to an end; disintegration; decay; termination.

legal termination, esp. of business activity, with the final distribution of assets, the fixing of liabilities, etc.

Chemistry . the process by which a solid, gas, or liquid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, solid, or, esp., a liquid.

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combination , connection , solution , unification , beginning , commencement , construction , start

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breaking up , detachment , disintegration , disunion , division , divorce , divorcement , parting , partition , resolution , split-up , adjournment , conclusion , curtains , decay , decease , decomposition , defunction , demise , disappearance , disbandment , discontinuation , dismissal , dispersal , end , ending , evaporation , extinction , finish , liquefaction , melting , overthrow , passing , quietus , release , ruin , silence , sleep , solution , suspension , termination , dissoluteness , libertinism , licentiousness , profligacy , rest , analysis , annulment , breakup , death , dissolving , rupture , separation