resolutio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕsŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. [resolvo], 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.