So*lu"tion (s*l"shn), n. [OE. solucion, OF. solucion, F. solution, fr.
L. solutio, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, dissolve. See Solve.] 1.
The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of
undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of
solution of continuity.
Bacon.
2. The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the
disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question;
explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of
the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the
process.
3. The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution;
disintegration.
It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the
nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time
when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their
height of energy and splendor.