rĕsŏlūtĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
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, Gell. 18, 2, 10 (dub.). —
3.
A release, escape (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 6.