dissipation

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noun

Plural noun:

dissipations

1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
2.
(countable, uncountable)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.
18th century, Patrick Henry in a parliamentary debate to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance
3.
(countable, uncountable)A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

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From Middle English dissipacion, dissipacioun, from dissipātiō. Morphologically dissipate + -ion.