resolution

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First of all, the resolution is a concurrent resolution and not a joint resolution:

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  1. noun The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.
  2. noun A resolving to do something.
  3. noun A course of action determined or decided on.

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  1. from OF, resolution, French resolution =Provencal rezolucio =Spanish resolution. =Portuguese resolução =Italian resoluzione, from Latin resolutio (n-), an untying, unbinding, loosening, relaxing, from resolvere, past participle resolutus, loose, resolve: See resolve.
 

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/rɛzəˈljuʃən/
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