dissipations

Definitions

The act of squandering money, energy, or resources.

Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperate living.

The process of slowly disappearing or becoming less intense.

Examples

The constant dissipations of his inheritance left him with nothing by the time he reached middle age.

The novel explores the moral dissipations of the aristocracy during the decadent era.

Synonyms

debauchery excess profligacy indulgence waste dissoluteness intemperance

Antonyms

frugality moderation abstinence thrift restraint sobriety self-control