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separation, breaking up, breaking down, collapse, undoing: Much<br />

ill will attended the dissolution of our marriage. 2<br />

destruction, decomposition, decay, ruin, overthrow, dissolving,<br />

disbandment, dismissal, dispersal, disorganization,<br />

discontinuation; adjournment, ending, end, termination,<br />

conclusion, finish: A vote of no confidence led to the<br />

dissolution of Parliament.<br />

dissolve v. 1 melt (away), liquefy, disperse, disintegrate, diffuse,<br />

decompose, thaw (out), fuse, deliquesce; sublime; vanish,<br />

disappear, fade (away), diminish, decline, peter out: Dissolve<br />

one tablet in water. The sugar dissolved in the tea. 2<br />

collapse, break into, melt into: She dissolved into tears<br />

whenever he shouted at her. 3 break up, disperse, dismiss,<br />

terminate, finish, conclude, adjourn, recess, disband, wind up;<br />

liquidate: We took a vote and dissolved the meeting.<br />

distance n. 1 remoteness, space, gap, interval, mileage, footage,<br />

stretch: What is the distance from here to your house? 2<br />

aloofness, detachment, reserve, coolness, haughtiness, hauteur,<br />

stiffness, rigidity: He maintains a distance between himself<br />

and the servants.<br />

--v. 3 separate, detach, dissociate, disassociate: She<br />

distanced herself from her students.<br />

distant adj. 1 far, far-off, remote, far-away, long-way-off; removed:<br />

The creature said he had come from a distant star. 2 away, off:<br />

The ship is ten miles distant. 3 aloof, detached, reserved,<br />

cool, cold, haughty, standoffish, unapproachable, inaccessible,<br />

withdrawn, reticent, ceremonious, formal, stiff, rigid, frigid,<br />

unfriendly: You find him warm, but I think him very distant.<br />

distaste n. 1 dislike, disfavour, antipathy, disrelish, disinclination;<br />

dissatisfaction, displeasure, discontentment: You know of my<br />

distaste for cocktail parties. 2 aversion, revulsion, disgust,<br />

nausea, abhorrence, loathing, repugnance, horror: She has a<br />

distinct distaste for avocado pears.<br />

distasteful<br />

adj. disgusting, revolting, sick-making, nauseating, nauseous,<br />

repugnant, repulsive, loathsome, fulsome, nasty, disagreeable,<br />

foul, off-putting, unpalatable, obnoxious, objectionable,

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