dissipation
noun /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/
/ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the process of disappearing or of making something disappear
- the dissipation of energy in the form of heat
- the act of wasting money or spending money until there is none left
- concerns about the dissipation of the country’s wealth
- (disapproving) behaviour that is fun but has a harmful effect on you
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘complete disintegration’): from Latin dissipatio(n-), from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely’ + supare ‘to throw’.