DISSIPATION

waste, wastefulness, dissipation

(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”

profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness

(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

dissipation

(noun) breaking up and scattering by dispersion; “the dissipation of the mist”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dissipation (countable and uncountable, plural dissipations)

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.

(physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis`si*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.]

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Without loss or dissipation of the matter. Bacon. The famous dissipation of mankind. Sir M. Hale.

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. To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. P. Henry.

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. Swift. Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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