the act, operation, or process of resolving. specifically: (a) the act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) the act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.-the state of being relaxed; relaxation.-the state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.-that which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination.  specifically: a formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.-the state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.-the act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.-a breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.-the passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.