The word resolution has several meanings, depending on context.

• Resolution (law), an action taken by a deliberative body, usually a legislature

• Angular resolution, the capability of an optical sensor to discern small objects
• Sensor resolution , the precision of a quantitative sensor
• Image resolution, the level of detail of an image
• Display resolution, the level of detail on a display device
• Resolution (music), a technique in music theory
• Injective resolutions, projective resolutions and exact resolutions are certain series in mathematics
• First-order resolution, a proof procedure for First-Order-Logic introduced by Robinson.
• Resolution Island, in the Arctic of Canada
• Resolution Island Galapagos, in the novel Brown on Resolution by C.S. Forester