'Dissipation' definitions:
Definition of 'dissipation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
noun
Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]
noun
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" [syn: waste, wastefulness, dissipation]
Definition of 'Dissipation'
From: GCIDE
- Dissipation \Dis`si*pa"tion\ (d[i^]s`s[i^]*p[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.]
- 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. [1913 Webster]
- Without loss or dissipation of the matter. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The famous dissipation of mankind. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. [1913 Webster]
- To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. --P. Henry. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. [1913 Webster]
- Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissipation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abandonment,
- ablation,
- amusement,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- blackout,
- blocking,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- carousal,
- carouse,
- carpe diem,
- circumfusion,
- conspicuous consumption,
- consumption,
- corrosion,
- debauch,
- debauchery,
- debauchment,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- deliquescence,
- dematerialization,
- departure,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilution,
- disappearance,
- disappearing,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- dissemination,
- dissoluteness,
- dissolution,
- dissolving,
- distraction,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- diversion,
- divertissement,
- drain,
- eclipse,
- elimination,
- entertainment,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- evanescence,
- evaporation,
- exhaustion,
- expansion,
- expenditure,
- extinction,
- extravagance,
- fadeaway,
- fadeout,
- fading,
- fastness,
- fragmentation,
- free living,
- gallantry,
- going,
- hedonism,
- high living,
- impoverishment,
- incontinence,
- intemperance,
- killing pace,
- lavishness,
- leakage,
- leaking purse,
- libertinage,
- libertinism,
- license,
- licentiousness,
- loose purse strings,
- loss,
- melting,
- occultation,
- orgy,
- overgenerosity,
- overgenerousness,
- overindulgence,
- overliberality,
- passing,
- peppering,
- pound-foolishness,
- prodigality,
- profligacy,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- propagation,
- publication,
- radiation,
- rakishness,
- reckless expenditure,
- reckless spending,
- recklessness,
- recreation,
- riotous living,
- saturnalia,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- self-gratification,
- self-indulgence,
- sensualism,
- shotgun pattern,
- shrinkage,
- sowing,
- spattering,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- sprinkling,
- squandering,
- squandermania,
- strewing,
- sybaritism,
- unbridledness,
- using,
- using up,
- vanishing,
- vanishing point,
- venery,
- volatilization,
- voluptuousness,
- wantonness,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wear and tear,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- wenching,
- whoring,
- wildness,
- wipe