resolution

[ rez-uh-loo-shuhn ]

/ ˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

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noun

a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.

the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.

a resolve; a decision or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. Her resolution to clear her parents' name allowed her no other focus in life.

the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose: She showed her resolution by not attending the meeting.

the act or process of resolving or separating something into constituent or elementary parts.

the resulting state.

Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths. Compare resolving power.

a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.

Music.

the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.

reduction to a simpler form; conversion.

Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.

the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen.

Origin of resolution

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin resolūtiōn- (stem of resolūtiō), equivalent to resolūt(us) resolute + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR resolution

4 resolve, determination, perseverance, tenacity; strength, fortitude.

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OTHER WORDS FROM resolution

non·res·o·lu·tion, noun pre·res·o·lu·tion, noun

Words nearby resolution

resoil, resojet engine, resole, resoluble, resolute, resolution, resolutioner, resolutive, resolvable, resolve, resolved

Example sentences from the Web for resolution

To be sure, Jefferson did share the credit, but not in the way such a resolution might be interpreted.

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Only two senators opposed the resolution, which the administration later claimed was the authority for a full-scale war.

The World’s Toughest Political Quiz |Jeff Greenfield |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 2004, for example, Scalise voted “no” on a resolution to make Martin Luther King Jr.

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Binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.

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Waiting more than three years for a resolution is far too long.

An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike |IranWire |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instead of executing a resolution, which might have been justified by success, Stilicho hesitated till he was irrecoverably lost.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
The resolution directed the Chairman to cast the vote in the negative.

A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention |Lucius Eugene Chittenden
In captivity, having no web, it actually flees before its prey, and has not the resolution to confront a fly.

The Insect |Jules Michelet
My resolution thus taken, I lost no time in repairing to Commercy.

Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr. Pope |Lord Bolingbroke
The resolution was adopted, with only a small opposing vote.

An American Religious Movement |Winfred Ernest Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for resolution

resolution

/ (ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of resolving

the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination

something resolved or determined; decision

a formal expression of opinion by a meeting, esp one agreed by a vote

a judicial decision on some matter; verdict; judgment

the act or process of separating something into its constituent parts or elements

med

return from a pathological to a normal condition
subsidence of the symptoms of a disease, esp the disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus

music the process in harmony whereby a dissonant note or chord is followed by a consonant one

the ability of a television or film image to reproduce fine detail

physics another word for resolving power

Derived forms of resolution

resolutioner or resolutionist, noun

Medical definitions for resolution

resolution

[ rĕz′ə-lōō′shən ]

n.

The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.

The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts.

The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal.

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