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dissipation

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dis·si·pa·tion  (ds-pshn)
n.
1. The act of dissipating or the condition of having been dissipated.
2. Wasteful expenditure or consumption.
3. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure; intemperance.
4. An amusement; a diversion.

dissipation [ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən]
n
1. the act of dissipating or condition of being dissipated
2. unrestrained indulgence in physical pleasures, esp alcohol
3. excessive expenditure; wastefulness
4. amusement; diversion

dissipation  (ds-pshn)
The loss of energy from a physical system, most often in the form of heat.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dissipation - breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
dispersion, scattering - spreading widely or driving off
2.dissipation - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"
3.dissipationdissipation - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
boondoggle - work of little or no value done merely to look busy
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
waste of effort, waste of energy - a useless effort
waste of material - a useless consumption of material
waste of money - money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste of money"
waste of time - the devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal"
squandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"

dissipation
noun
2. waste, spending, squandering, blowing (slang), consumption, throwing away, misuse, frittering away, misspending the dissipation of my wealth
3. debauchery, excess, indulgence, abandonment, drunkenness, profligacy, intemperance, wantonness, dissoluteness Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
Translations
dissipation [ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] N
1. (= act of dispelling) → disipación f; (= waste) → derroche m, desperdicio m
2. (= debauchery) → disipación f, libertinaje m
dissipation [ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] n
(= dispersal) [heat, smoke] → dissipation f
(= calming) [tension, anger] → apaisement m
(= wasting) [energy] → gaspillage m; [efforts] → dispersion f; [money] → gaspillage m; [wealth] → dilapidation f
(literary) (= debauchery) → débauche f
dissipation
n
(= debauchery)Ausschweifung f; a life of dissipationein ausschweifendes Leben
(= dispersal: of doubts, fears) → Zerstreuung f
(= wasting, of energy, efforts) → Verschwendung f, → Vergeudung f; (of fortune)Verschwendung f
dissipation [ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃn] n (frm) (of fears) → dissolvimento; (of money, fortune, effort) → dissipazione f; (debauchery) → dissolutezza
dissipation [ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃn] n (frm) (of fears) → dissolvimento; (of money, fortune, effort) → dissipazione f; (debauchery) → dissolutezza


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But the period of my dissipation would end and I always felt very sick afterwards.
The getting of your anchor was a noisy operation on board a merchant ship of yesterday - an inspiring, joyous noise, as if, with the emblem of hope, the ship's company expected to drag up out of the depths, each man all his personal hopes into the reach of a securing hand - the hope of home, the hope of rest, of liberty, of dissipation, of hard pleasure, following the hard endurance of many days between sky and water.
Her neglect of her husband, her encouragement of other men, her extravagance and dissipation, were so gross and notorious that no one could be ignorant of them at the time, nor can now have forgotten them.
 
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