resolution
A firm decision or an official decision.
Noun 4 meanings
A firm decision or an official decision.
A strong will; the state of being resolute.
“His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.”
A statement of intent, a vow.
“By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.”
The act of discerning detail.
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“dissolution”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resolūtiō (“a loosening, solution”), from resolvō (“to loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solvō (“to loosen”). By surface analysis, recognizably related to resolve and -tion.
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RESOLUTION at a glance
RESOLUTION has 10 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + O 1 + L 1 + U 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,498 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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