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a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
- the wasting of a once promising life in dissipation and drunkenness
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an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
- the dissipation of the clouds by the early morning winds
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“Dissipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipation. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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