dissipation

Meanings

Plural: dissipations

Noun

• breaking up and scattering by dispersion
  • "the dissipation of the mist"
• dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
  • "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
• The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
• 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.
• A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
• A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

Synonyms

dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy, waste, wastefulness