Saturday, January 5, 2008

Solvent or debt-free

I think it is interesting that solvent, which means debt-free, also means an abrasive cleanser. I guess it can be an unpleasant process to dissolve one's debts.

Dissolve means to terminate or disperse.

Resolve means to commit, to decide, to make a resolution.

Solve means to find the solution or answer to a puzzle or problem.

These words, as well as Solvent, Solution and Resolution are all related to the same LATIN root, which means to loosen.

One of my resolutions this year is to become Solvent and even Resolute, but not Dissolute.

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