We have discovered a novel candidate for a spin liquid state in a ruthenium oxide composed of dimers of S = 3/2 spins of Ru 5+ , Ba 3 ZnRu 2 O 9 . This compound lacks a long range order down to 37 mK, which is a temperature 5000-times lower than the magnetic interaction scale of around 200 K. Partial substitution for Zn can continuously vary the magnetic ground state from an antiferromagnetic order to a spin-gapped state through the liquid state. This indicates that the spin-liquid state emerges from a delicate balance of inter-and intra-dimer interactions, and the spin state of the dimer plays a vital role. This unique feature should realize a new type of quantum magnetism.Since Anderson proposed the idea of a quantum spin liquid as a possible ground state for a spin-half (S = 1/2) antiferromagnetic triangular lattice 1 with a suppressed longrange magnetic ordering due to geometrical frustration and quantum fluctuations of interacting spins, researchers have sought this state of quantum matter. 2 A quantum spin liquid should possess a ground state consisting of highly entangled singlet-spin pairs and exotic excited states called spinons. 3,4 Although several candidates have been reported experimentally, none has been confirmed. Organic candidates consist of ill-defined localized magnetic moments where the magnetic exchange interaction is comparable to the charge gap. [5][6][7] On the other hand, inorganic candidates suffer from unwanted disorder/impurity/nonstoichiometry. Na 4 Ir 3 O 8 8 shows a spin-glass-like transition near 6-7 K, 9, 10 whereas ZnCu 3 (OH) 6 Cl 2 11 and Ba 3 CuSb 2 O 9 12 include a considerable intermixture of cations. BaCu 3 V 2 O 8 (OH) 2 13 and 6H-B Ba 3 NiSb 2 O 9 14 have a substantial low-temperature Curie tail due to unwanted impurities. In the case of BaCu 3 V 2 O 8 (OH) 2 , an inhomogeneous magnetic order has been detected through NMR measurements around 9 K, below which the unwanted Curie tail grows rapidly. 15,16 We have discovered the absense of magnetic long range order in a hexagonal lattice of Ru 5+ dimers in Ba 3 ZnRu 2 O 9 down to 37 mK, where neither Curie tail nor glassy behavior is detected. The magnetic specific heat shows no anomaly below 80 K, and is found to be linear in temperature below around 5 K. These thermodynamic measurements suggest a spin-liquid like ground state in this oxide. The Ru 5+ ion acts as a well-localized S = 3/2 spin, and the spin liquid is totally unprecedented in such a large spin.