All 10 Uses of

resolution

in

Animal Farm

And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray.
p. 10.0 *

resolution = determination

A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum.
p. 23.4 *

resolution = a formal statement of a decision voted on by a group

Here the work of the coming week was planned out and resolutions were put forward and debated.
p. 31.3

resolutions = formal expressions of opinion arrived at by group vote

The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own.
p. 31.4

Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money — had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled?
p. 63.6

All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it.
p. 63.7

He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested.
p. 64.5

resolution = a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a group

Again the animals seemed to remember that a resolution against this had been passed in the early days, and again Squealer was able to convince them that this was not the case.
p. 66.3

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)
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."