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