dissolution

Etymology

From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

noun

1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
   The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and, in both cases, sooner or later, tends to a dissolution. 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2
3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. The quality of being dissolute.
   He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.