dissipation

dissipation

noun

Definition of DISSIPATION

1

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior <the wasting of a once promising life in dissipation and drunkenness>

Synonyms abjection, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude

Related Words evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness; filth, gangrene, rot, squalor

Near Antonyms goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

2

an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered <the dissipation of the clouds by the early morning winds>

Synonyms disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation

Related Words diffusion, dissemination; breakup, dissolution, disunion, separation, split

Near Antonyms assembly, collection, concentration, gathering