All 19 Uses of

resolution

in

Pride and Prejudice

But in general and ordinary cases between friend and friend, where one of them is desired by the other to change a resolution of no very great moment, should you think ill of that person for complying with the desire, without waiting to be argued into it?†
p. 49.4

Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her; and though her resolution was not to be shaken, her feelings must be hurt by such a disapprobation.†
p. 121.1

That he was really fond of Jane, she doubted no more than she had ever done; and much as she had always been disposed to like him, she could not think without anger, hardly without contempt, on that easiness of temper, that want of proper resolution, which now made him the slave of his designing friends, and led him to sacrifice of his own happiness to the caprice of their inclination.†
p. 131.8

Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people's feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business.†
p. 134.3 *

Your father would depend on your resolution and good conduct, I am sure.†
p. 142.5

After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought—re-considering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself, as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; and she entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing such reflections as must make her unfit for conversation.†
p. 203.4

No sooner did he appear than Elizabeth wisely resolved to be perfectly easy and unembarrassed; a resolution the more necessary to be made, but perhaps not the more easily kept, because she saw that the suspicions of the whole party were awakened against them, and that there was scarcely an eye which did not watch his behavior when he first came into the room.†
p. 256.9

From what I can collect, he left Derbyshire only one day after ourselves, and came to town with the resolution of hunting for them.†
p. 304.9

I did hear, too, that there was a time, when sermon-making was not so palatable to you as it seems to be at present; that you actually declared your resolution of never taking orders, and that the business had been compromised accordingly.†
p. 311.1

Consoled by this resolution, she was the better able to bear her husband's incivility; though it was very mortifying to know that her neighbors might all see Mr. Bingley, in consequence of it, before they did.†
p. 314.9

Each felt for the other, and of course for themselves; and their mother talked on, of her dislike of Mr. Darcy, and her resolution to be civil to him only as Mr. Bingley's friend, without being heard by either of them.†
p. 316.1

Her resolution was for a short time involuntarily kept by the approach of her sister, who joined her with a cheerful look, which showed her better satisfied with their visitors, than Elizabeth.†
p. 320.4

You are to understand, Miss Bennet, that I came here with the determined resolution of carrying my purpose; nor will I be dissuaded from it.†
p. 336.8

From what she had said of her resolution to prevent their marriage, it occurred to Elizabeth that she must meditate an application to her nephew; and how he might take a similar representation of the evils attached to a connection with her, she dared not pronounce.†
p. 340.7

Very little was said by either; Kitty was too much afraid of him to talk; Elizabeth was secretly forming a desperate resolution; and perhaps he might be doing the same.†
p. 345.5

Now was the moment for her resolution to be executed, and, while her courage was high, she immediately said: "Mr. Darcy, I am a very selfish creature; and, for the sake of giving relief to my own feelings, care not how much I may be wounding your's.†
p. 345.7

He then told her of Georgiana's delight in her acquaintance, and of her disappointment at its sudden interruption; which naturally leading to the cause of that interruption, she soon learnt that his resolution of following her from Derbyshire in quest of her sister had been formed before he quitted the inn, and that his gravity and thoughtfulness there had arisen from no other struggles than what such a purpose must comprehend.†
p. 350.2

My resolution of thanking you for your kindness to Lydia had certainly great effect.†
p. 360.6

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."