(n.) 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.
(n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation.
(n.) The state of being resolved, settled, or determined;
firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or
thought; conviction; assurance.
(n.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the
resolution of an equation or problem.
(n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a
fever, a tumor, or the like.
(n.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by
the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
