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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