Antonyms for dissipation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-uh-pey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən


Definition of dissipation

Origin :
  • early 15c., "act of scattering," from Latin dissipationem (nominative dissipatio), noun of action from past participle stem of dissipare (see dissipate). Meaning "intemperate mode of living" is from 1784.
  • noun amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess
  • noun wantonness
  • noun disappearance
Example sentences :
  • To do him justice, his dissipation of the past few months had not included women.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The gifts of nature had been the instruments of dissipation.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Still he pursued his plan, and sought for safety in a course of dissipation.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • No taint of vice or dissipation had ever sullied the brightness of his pleasant life.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • It was his dissipation; there was something vaguely perilous in the absorption of it.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • I have a family to support, & I can't afford this kind of dissipation.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Not Loyd, however; he never kept late hours, nor had habits of dissipation.
  • Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
  • Link Merwell showed signs of both suffering and dissipation.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Dissipation has never been a satisfactory substitute for happiness.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • Some of the men were still sleeping off their dissipation of the night before.
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan

Synonyms for dissipation

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