dissipation
/ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/ sustantivo C2En español: disipación
- The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- 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
- A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
- A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
Plural dissipations
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It was eleven when they got home, sated with dissipation, but with the exceeding sweet pleasure of talking it all over still to come.
In town, I believe, he chiefly lived, but his studying the law was a mere pretence; and being now free from all restraint, his life was a life of idleness and dissipation.
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