dissoluzione

dissolution, disintegration

noun dee-zoh-loo-TSYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin dissolutio, from dissolvere 'to loosen apart'

Also means

dissolving (of a body or assembly)

Usage Note

Dissoluzione covers physical breakdown (la dissoluzione di un composto chimico), the legal winding-up of a company or parliament (dissoluzione del Parlamento), and moral or social disintegration. Do not confuse with soluzione (solution to a problem).

Examples

"La dissoluzione dell'impero fu lenta ma inevitabile."

Natural Translation

The dissolution of the empire was slow but inevitable.

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