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resolutio

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.

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