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   dissipation

   /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living: "a descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation" Similar debaucherydecadencedissolutenessdissolutionintemperanceimmoderationexcessprofligacyabandonmentself-indulgencewildnessdepravitydegeneracycorruptionsinfulnessimmoralityviceimpurityrakishnesslicentiousnesspromiscuitylecherousnesslecherylibertinismlibertinagewantonnesslustfulnesslibidinousnesslewdnessdrunkennessOpposite asceticismrestraint
   • 2. the squandering of money, energy, or resources: "the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth" Similar squanderingfrittering (away)wastemisspendingexpenditurewild spendingdrainingdepletionlosinglossOpposite savingpreservation
   • ▪ loss of energy through its conversion into heat: "energy dissipation"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘complete disintegration’): from Latin dissipatio(n-), from the verb dissipare (see dissipate).

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