All 7 Uses of

resolution
in
Great Expectations

The effort of resolution necessary to the achievement of this purpose I found to be quite awful.†
p. 9.3

But long after that, and long after I had heard the clinking of the teacups and was quite ready, I wanted the resolution to go down stairs.†
p. 168.3

On this first occasion of his producing it, I recalled how he had made me swear fidelity in the churchyard long ago, and how he had described himself last night as always swearing to his resolutions in his solitude.†
p. 353.9 *

The resolution I had made did not desert me, for, without uttering one vain word of appeal to him, I shouted out with all my might, and struggled with all my might.†
p. 457.5

I had no claim, and I finally resolved, and ever afterwards abided by the resolution, that my heart should never be sickened with the hopeless task of attempting to establish one.†
p. 477.9

As I cleared, Joe cleared, and it seemed as though he had sympathetically arrived at a resolution too.†
p. 501.8 *

When I got up in the morning, refreshed and stronger yet, I was full of my resolution to tell Joe all, without delay.†
p. 502.4

Definitions:

(1) (resolution as in: a New Year's resolution)
a firm decision to do something
(2) (resolution as in: a United Nations resolution)
a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a group

While a resolution typically expresses an opinion and has no legal force, when used in early U.S. history or in the expressions joint resolution of Congress or continuing resolution, it becomes a synonym for legislation (meaning that it carries the force of law).
(3) (resolution as in: Her resolution weakened.)
determination (firmness of purpose)
(4) (resolution as in: resolution of the dispute)
a solution or outcome
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Much less commonly, other meanings of resolution include:
- a measure of optic detail -- as in: "The photograph has excellent resolution."
- separation into different parts -- as in: "When force is applied to an inclined plane there is resolution of the force into horizontal and vertical components."
- conversion to something else -- as in: "... resolution of the chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to consonance (a more stable sound)."
- reduction to or conversion to something else -- as in: "It permits resolution of a URL to an IP address."