resolve

Noun

• a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

• the trait of being resolute
  • his resoluteness carried him through the battle
    
  • it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work
    

Verb

• cause to go into a solution
  • The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
    

• find the solution
  • solve an equation
    
  • solve for x
    

• make clearly visible
  • can this image be resolved?
    

• understand the meaning of
  • The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
    

• reach a decision
  • he resolved never to drink again
    

• reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

• bring to an end; settle conclusively
  • The case was decided
    
  • The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
    
  • The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  resolution , declaration , resoluteness , firmness , firmness of purpose , dissolve , break up , solve , answer , purpose , conclude , decide , settle , adjudicate
• Antonyms: 
  irresoluteness , irresolution