Antonyms for resolve
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-zolv |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɒlv |
Definition of resolve
Origin :- late 14c., "melt, dissolve, reduce to liquid;" intransitive sense from c.1400; from Old French resolver or directly from Latin resolvere "to loosen, loose, unyoke, undo; explain; relax; set free; make void, dispel," from re-, perhaps intensive, or "back" (see re-), + solvere "loosen" (see solve). Early 15c. as "separate into components," hence the use in optics (1785). Meaning "determine, decide upon" is from 1520s, hence "pass a resolution" (1580s). For sense evolution, cf. resolute (adj.). Related: Resolved; resolving.
- noun decision, determination
- verb make up one's mind; find solution
- It is a test of our courage—of our resolve—of our wisdom—our essential democracy.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- To that end we will devote our strength, our resources, and our firmness of resolve.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Come not near us, if you have resolve to be undutiful: but this, after what I have written, I hope you cannot be.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Some have unwisely chosen to test America's resolve, and have found it firm.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Yet, her spirit triumphed, and again she persevered in that resolve to live straight.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Could she, thus doomed, resolve on declining her brother's offer?
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- But Dick remembered his mission, and his resolve to perform it was not shaken a particle.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Thus and thus, ringing the changes on resolve and explanation, her thoughts ran.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Inwardly I resolve afresh that I never will forgive that hated town.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for resolve
- agree
- analyze
- anatomize
- answer
- boldness
- break
- break down
- choose
- clear up
- clinch
- conclude
- conclusion
- courage
- deal with
- decide
- decidedness
- decipher
- decree
- design
- determine
- dissect
- dissolve
- earnestness
- elect
- elucidate
- fathom
- figure
- firmness
- fix
- fixed purpose
- intend
- intention
- iron out
- lick
- make a point of
- objective
- pan out
- pass upon
- project
- propose
- purpose
- purposefulness
- purposiveness
- puzzle out
- remain firm
- resoluteness
- resolution
- rule
- settle
- solve
- steadfastness
- take a stand
- undertake
- undertaking
- unfold
- unravel
- untangle
- unzip
- will
- willpower
- work
- work out
- work through
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