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.