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noun

Dissipation n.

The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. "Without loss or dissipation of the matter." "The famous dissipation of mankind."

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."

A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. "Prevented from finishing them (the letters) a thousand avocations and dissipations."

Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation.

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Etymology of 'Dissipation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dissipation" Quotes from Famous Books

... strongly impressed by the moral symptoms of the disease as to mistake them for the prime causes. "It is a fact apparent to every thoughtful man that the larger portion of the misery that constitutes our Social Question arises from idleness, gluttony, drink, waste, indulgence, profligacy, betting, and dissipation." These words of Mr. Arnold White express the common view of those philanthropists who do not understand what is meant by "the industrial system," and of the bulk of the comfortable classes when they are confronted ...

— Problems of Poverty • John A. Hobson

... the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure. ...

— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett

... part of Paris situated on the other side of the Seine constitutes the new quarter, a section inhabited by a strange, noisy population, which cares little for honor, spends its days in dissipation, its nights in revelry, and which throws money out of the windows. From time to time, however, the young girls are taken to the Opera-Comique or the Theatre Francais, when the play is recommended by the paper which is read by ...

— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant

... nervous, invalid wife to count her fingers in solitude; not even waiting till Dolly should be at home again. Are all men like that? Mr. Shubrick, for instance? But what was to be done? If Mr. Copley had found places and means of dissipation in Rome, then Rome was a safe abode for him no longer. Where would be a safe abode? Dolly's heart was bitter in its sorrow for a moment; then she gathered ...

— The End of a Coil • Susan Warner

... him, not only an interpreter of what he formerly studied, but an incitement to further regular study. Many temptations overtake the missionary to intellectual indolence as well as to intellectual dissipation. He is in danger, under the pressure of other interesting work and distractions, either not to read anything very seriously or to read in a haphazard, desultory way. The latter is specially a dangerous habit on the mission field. The missionary needs ...

— India's Problem Krishna or Christ • John P. Jones

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