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resolutio

resolutio · f

an untying

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Where it lives

What it meant

rĕsŏlūtĭo — Lewis & Short

rĕsŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f.resolvo,

I an untying, unbinding, loosening (not ante-Aug.).
I Lit., a slackening, relaxing; a laxness, looseness, weakness: lori, Gell. 17, 9, 12: ventris, stomachi, nervorum, oculorum, Cels. 2, 6; 4, 5; 2, 1; 3, 27, 1; 6, 6, 36.—
II Trop.
1 A making void, a cancelling: venditionis, Dig. 41, 2, 13.—
2 A solution: sophismatis, an explanation, Gell. 18, 2, 10 (dub.). —
3 A release, escape (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 6.

In the wild

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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