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If I can but keep my resolution, I may again at the end of the week give a better account of myself.
Chpt 1.2 *

resolution = firm decision to do something
After only ten days in the Senate he had irritated his seniors and precipitated a three-hour debate by objecting to a routine resolution calling upon Senators to wear crepe one month in honor of three recently deceased patriots.
Chpt 1.2

resolution = decision to do something by formal vote
Such a resolution, he somewhat impertinently argued, was improper if not unconstitutional by "tending to unsuitable discussions of character, and to debates altogether foreign to the subjects which properly belong" in the Senate.
Chpt 1.2

resolution = a formal statement of opinion voted on by a group
Next he astounded his colleagues by seeking to disqualify from an impeachment hearing any Senator who had previously voted on the impeachment resolution as a Member of the House.
Chpt 1.2
With undisguised contempt for this attitude, Adams in 1806 had introduced and pushed to passage—successfully—a unique experience for him, he noted in his diary—a series of resolutions condemning British aggressions upon American ships, and requesting the President to demand restoration and indemnification of the confiscated vessels.
Chpt 1.2

resolutions = formal statements of opinion voted upon by a group
But John Quincy Adams did attend; and, although he declined to serve as moderator, he nevertheless was instrumental in drafting the group's fighting resolution which pledged to the President the lives and fortunes of the participants in support of "any measures, however serious."
Chpt 1.2

resolution = a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a group
And as its next order of business, the Legislature promptly passed resolutions instructing its Senators to urge repeal of the Embargo.
Chpt 1.2

resolutions = expression of an opinion by formal vote
And the resolutions, he felt, enjoined "upon their Senators a course of conduct which neither my judgment could approve nor my spirit brook."
Chpt 1.2

resolutions = proposed laws
As the Massachusetts Legislature enacted further resolutions wholly contrary to the spirit of the Seventh of March speech, one member called Webster "a recreant son of Massachusetts who misrepresents her in the Senate"; and another stated that "Daniel Webster will be a fortunate man if God, in his sparing mercy, shall preserve his life long enough for him to repent of this act and efface this stain on his name."
Chpt 2.3

resolutions = legislation
John C. Calhoun read to a worried Senate his famous resolutions insisting that Congress had no right to interfere with the development of slavery in the territories.
Chpt 2.4

resolutions = proposed laws
Later events indicated the correctness of Benton's views that those resolutions were but "firebrands intended for electioneering and disunion purposes," providing the slave states with a program on which to unite—not only as a section but behind the leadership and Presidential candidacy of Calhoun himself.
Chpt 2.4
Nevertheless, Calhoun called for an immediate vote; and in the momentary confusion that followed, he was angrily amazed to see the massive and stately Benton rising from his chair, his face flashing with obvious contempt for Calhoun, the resolutions and his own political fate.
Chpt 2.4
I certainly supposed the Senator from Missouri, the representative of a slaveholding state, would have supported these resolutions ….
Chpt 2.4
Calhoun, successful in obtaining adoption of his resolutions by several Southern legislatures, denounced Benton to his Missouri enemies as one "false to the South for the last ten years…"
Chpt 2.4
By an overwhelming margin, the Missouri Legislature adopted Calhoun's resolutions, expressed Missouri's desire to cooperate with other slaveholding states, and instructed her Senators to vote accordingly.
Chpt 2.4
Outraged at this setback, Benton charged that the resolutions had been inspired in Washington and falsified real opinion in Missouri.
Chpt 2.4
Determined to see the Legislature's resolutions withdrawn or repudiated, Benton launched an aggressive tour of his hostile state.
Chpt 2.4

resolutions = decisions made by formal vote
Beginning his address to crowded meetings with "My friends—and in that term I comprehend those who come to hear the truth and to believe it—none others," he attacked the resolutions as "false in their facts, incendiary in their temper, disunion in their object, high treason in their remedy, and usurpation in their character…"
Chpt 2.4

resolutions = proposed laws
Attacking his longtime political enemy, Judge Napton, who had reportedly drawn up the resolutions, he said that any man who acted according to the provisions of those measures would "be subject to be hung under the laws of the United States—and if a judge will deserve to be hung."
Chpt 2.4
In another town, spotting from the platform three of his enemies sitting quietly in his audience while he characterized their resolutions as "fungus cancers," he caustically referred to them by name "as demure as three prostitutes at a christening."
Chpt 2.4
He would have nothing to do, moreover, with Calhoun's "hands-off" slavery resolutions and "Southern Address," attacking that revered sage of the South for his "long-cherished and ill-concealed designs against the Union," and insisting to the Senate that he, Sam Houston, was "on this floor representative of the whole American people."
Chpt 2.5
But the Texas Legislature adopted Calhoun's resolutions, and cast a suspicious eye on the ambitious former President of Texas whose name was being mentioned, in the North as well as the South, for the White House in 1852 or 1856.
Chpt 2.5
A mass meeting at Lawrence had vilified the Senator and speedily reported resolutions sharply condemning his position.
Chpt 3.6 *

resolutions = formal expressions of opinion arrived at by group vote
Their fondest hopes were realized, for the new Senator from Kansas turned out to be Edmund G. Ross, the very man who had introduced the resolutions attacking Lane at Lawrence.
Chpt 3.6
Although previous resolutions of impeachment had been defeated in the House, both in committee and on the floor, a new resolution was swiftly reported and adopted on February 24 by a tremendous vote.
Chpt 3.6

resolutions = formal decisions arrived at by group vote
Although previous resolutions of impeachment had been defeated in the House, both in committee and on the floor, a new resolution was swiftly reported and adopted on February 24 by a tremendous vote.
Chpt 3.6

resolution = proposed decision arrived at by group vote
He had made it clear that he was not in sympathy with Andrew Johnson personally or politically; and after the removal of Stanton, he had voted with the majority in adopting a resolution declaring such removal unlawful.
Chpt 3.6

resolution = formal decision arrived at by group vote
When the impeachment resolution had passed the House, Senator Ross had casually remarked to Senator Sprague of Rhode Island, "Well, Sprague, the thing is here; and, so far as I am concerned, though a Republican and opposed to Mr. Johnson and his policy, he shall have as fair a trial as an accused man ever had on this earth."
Chpt 3.6
Send to your Senators public opinion by resolutions, letters, and delegations.
Chpt 3.6

resolutions = formal expressions of opinion arrived at by group vote
But the former Nashville professor was horrified by the mad passion of the House in rushing through the impeachment resolution by evidence against Johnson "based on falsehood," and by the "corrupt and dishonorable" Ben Butler, "a wicked man who seeks to convert the Senate of the United States into a political guillotine."
Chpt 3.6

resolution = a decision made by formal vote
On March 5, 1850, the Legislature of the State of Mississippi adopted a series of resolutions instructing the representatives of Mississippi to vote against the admission of California.
Chpt 3.7

resolutions = decisions made by formal vote
The payment of our government's debts—even to the "bloated bondholders" of Wall Street—in a debased, inflated currency, as the Bland Bill encouraged and the accompanying Matthews Resolution specifically provided, was an ethical wrong and a practical mistake, he felt, certain to embarrass our standing in the eyes of the world, and promoted not as a permanent financial program but as a spurious relief bill to alleviate the nation's economic distress.
Chpt 3.7

resolution = proposed law
And the following day he voted "No" on the Matthews Resolution, in opposition to his colleague from Mississippi, a Negro Republican of exceptional talents elected several years earlier by the old "carpetbag" Legislature.
Chpt 3.7
On February 4, a resolution was passed by both Houses instructing Lamar to vote for the Bland Silver Bill, and to use his efforts as spokesman for Mississippi to secure its passage.
Chpt 3.7

resolution = a decision made by formal vote
But in this particular case, he insisted, "their wishes are directly in conflict with the convictions of my whole life; and had I voted [on the Matthews Resolution] as directed, I should have cast my first vote against my conscience."
Chpt 3.7

resolution = proposed law
He then asked that the resolutions which he had sent to the desk be read.
Chpt 3.7

resolutions = proposed laws
A massive but lonely figure on the Senate floor, Lucius Lamar spoke in a quiet yet powerful voice, a voice which "grew tremulous with emotion, as his body fairly shook with agitation": Mr. President: Between these resolutions and my convictions there is a great gulf.
Chpt 3.7
Even in this hour of their legislative displeasure and disapprobation, I cannot vote as these resolutions direct.
Chpt 3.7

resolutions = formal decisions arrived at by group vote
And shortly thereafter, the Yazoo Democratic County Convention adopted a resolution that their legislators should "vote for him and work for him, first, last, and all the time, as the choice of this people for United States Senator."
Chpt 3.7

resolution = a formal statement of opinion voted on by a group
To his astonishment, Representative Norris sought to amend the resolution then under debate—a resolution calling for a joint committee to investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot conservation dispute—by requiring the entire House of Representatives to appoint its members to the investigating committee, instead of granting the customary authority to the Speaker to make such selections.
Chpt 4.8

resolution = proposed decision to be voted upon by a group
To his astonishment, Representative Norris sought to amend the resolution then under debate—a resolution calling for a joint committee to investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot conservation dispute—by requiring the entire House of Representatives to appoint its members to the investigating committee, instead of granting the customary authority to the Speaker to make such selections.
Chpt 4.8
But for George Norris, the victory on the investigation resolution was only a preliminary step.
Chpt 4.8

resolution = a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a group
For in the inner pocket of his threadbare black coat was a scrawled resolution which he had drafted years before—a resolution to have the House, rather than the Speaker, appoint the members of the Rules Committee itself, the Committee which completely dictated the House program and was in turn completely dominated by the Speaker.
Chpt 4.8

resolution = proposed decision to be voted upon by a group
For in the inner pocket of his threadbare black coat was a scrawled resolution which he had drafted years before—a resolution to have the House, rather than the Speaker, appoint the members of the Rules Committee itself, the Committee which completely dictated the House program and was in turn completely dominated by the Speaker.
Chpt 4.8
"Speaker," called Norris, "I present a resolution made privileged by the Constitution."
Chpt 4.8
Cloakroom rumors had previously indicated the nature of Norris' proposed resolution—but it was merely a subject of contemptuous amusement among the regular Republicans, who knew they had the power to bury it forever in the Rules Committee itself.
Chpt 4.8

resolution = formal decision voted on by a group
Now Cannon's own ruling on the census bill in support of his friend had given Norris—and his resolution, clearly based on the Constitution's provision for House rules—an opening, an opening through which the Nebraska Congressman led all of the insurgent and Democratic forces.
Chpt 4.8

resolution = proposed decision to be voted upon by a group
They continued debate on whether the resolution was privileged while the party faithful hurried back from St. Patrick's Day parades.
Chpt 4.8
Finally, all attempts at intimidation and compromise having failed, Speaker Cannon, as expected, ruled the resolution out of order; and Norris promptly appealed the decision.
Chpt 4.8
By a vote of 182 to 160, Democrats and insurgent Republicans overruled the Speaker, and by a still larger margin Norris' resolution—already amended to obtain Democratic support—was adopted.
Chpt 4.8

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(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."

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