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Dissolution

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Intemperance 76% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passio…

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Intemperateness 76% connected

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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Liquefaction 76% connected

The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.

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Self-indulgence 76% connected

Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Annulment 76% connected

The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

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Invalidation 76% connected

The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.

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Lysis 76% connected

The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

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Disintegrate 74% connected

To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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Disintegrate 74% connected

To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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Dissolve 74% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

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Dissolve 74% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

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Licentious 74% connected

Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.

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Licentious 74% connected

Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.

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Part 74% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Part 74% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Resolve 74% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Resolve 74% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Adjournment 92% connected

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

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Breakup 92% connected

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

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Disintegration 92% connected

The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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Dissipation 92% connected

The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

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Dissolving 92% connected

of Dissolve

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Looseness 92% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Profligacy 92% connected

The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dis…

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