resolution
A firm decision or an official decision.
Other meanings
A strong will; the state of being resolute.
“His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.”
A statement of intent, a vow.
“By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.”
Related words
- coresolution
- counterresolution
- enantioresolution
- multiresolution
- nonresolution
- resel
- resolutional
- resolutionary
- stereoresolution
- subresolution
- superresolution
- affirmative resolution
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "resolūtiō" (a loosening, solution).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “resolution” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.