Dissipation

·noun A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

II. Dissipation ·noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

III. Dissipation ·noun A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, ·etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, ·etc.; dissoluteness.