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Resolution   /rˌɛzəlˈuʃən/   Listen
Resolution

noun
1.
A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote.  Synonyms: declaration, resolve.
2.
The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together.  Synonym: resolving power.
3.
The trait of being resolute.  Synonyms: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve.  "It was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
4.
Finding a solution to a problem.  Synonym: solving.
5.
Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.  Synonyms: closure, settlement.  "They never did achieve a final resolution of their differences" , "He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
6.
Analysis into clear-cut components.  Synonym: resolving.
7.
(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture.
8.
The subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung).
9.
(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord.
10.
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.  Synonyms: answer, result, solution, solvent.  "The answers were in the back of the book" , "He computed the result to four decimal places"
11.
A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner.



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"Resolution" Quotes from Famous Books



... to live after he had been put to death, although, being on very intimate terms with Messalina, she might have occupied a position of some honor. Moreover, when her husband showed cowardice, she strengthened his resolution. She took the sword and gave herself a wound, then handed it to him, saying: "See, Paetus, I feel no pain."—These two persons, then, were accorded praise, for by reason of the long succession of woes matters had now come to ...
— Dio's Rome, Vol. 4 • Cassius Dio
... The following resolution is humbly submitted to the consideration of the United States in Congress, by the Secretary ...
— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI • Various
... days' journey (by slow teams) through the deep snows which often impeded our way, we reached, near nightfall, the small log-hut which was to be our home. I had ever thought I possessed a good share of fortitude and resolution, but at that time it was put to a severe test. 'There Martha, is our home,' said my husband, pointing to the rude pile of logs, which stood in a cleared space, barely large enough to secure its safety from falling ...
— Walter Harland - Or, Memories of the Past • Harriet S. Caswell
... exceeded this, for four months afterwards he writes from Berne asking that his leave may be prolonged; he had apparently gone off for a long tour in Switzerland and the Rhine. His request was refused; he received a severe reprimand, and Count Arnim approved his resolution to return to one of the older Prussian provinces, "where he might shew an activity in the duties of his office which he had in vain attempted to attain in the social ...
— Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire • James Wycliffe Headlam
... awakening to a resolution.] Then out into the storm alone! My hat! My cloak! [He ...
— John Gabriel Borkman • Henrik Ibsen


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