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, corruption, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitudeRelated Words evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness; filth, gangrene, rot, squalorNear 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, scatteringRelated Words diffusion, dissemination; breakup, dissolution, disunion, separation, splitNear Antonyms assembly, collection, concentration, gathering