dissipation   (Sound)

The noun dissipation has 3 senses

• dissipation -- (breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist")


• profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness -- (dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure)


• waste, wastefulness, dissipation -- (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources")