Noun

(en noun)

The state of being settled.

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.

(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

(legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

(legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

(legal) A resolution of a dispute.

Noun

(en noun)

A strong will, determination.

The state of being resolute.

A statement of intent, a vow

The act of discerning detail.

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(computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.

name resolution

(math) The act or process of solving; solution.

the resolution of an equation

A formal statement adopted by an assembly.

(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.

(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.

The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.