Dissipation

Quick meaning: Dissipation is a noun meaning The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Meaning

The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

More Meanings

1. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
2. (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
3. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

Example Sentences

the famous dissipation of mankind

without loss or dissipation of the matter

Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.

He neither wept nor prayed; he cursed and defied: execrated God and man, and gave himself up to reckless dissipation.

Word Forms

• dissipations

Synonyms for dissipation

Depending on context, synonyms include waste, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy, wastefulness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dissolution, waste, wastefulness, profligacy, licentiousness, dispersion.

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