dissipations
Reckless pleasure pursuits
Dissipations are instances of wasting, scattering, or frittering away—whether of resources, energy, or time.
The word often carries moral weight, suggesting indulgence in pleasures that squander health or fortune: His dissipations left him broke and exhausted.
In physics, dissipations refer to energy lost to heat or friction in a system.
Extreme indulgence in vices
- excessesImmoderate amounts or behaviors
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- pleasuresSources of enjoyment
vices · carousing · intemperance · profligacy · licentiousness · decadence · orgies · binges
Reckless depletion of resources
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
- expenditureMoney paid out
- depletionReduction of supply
- consumptionUsing up of resources
drain · loss · misuse · exhaustion · spending · burning · diminishment · erosion
Distribution in many directions
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- dispersionScattering across space
- spreadingExtending over space
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
evaporation · vanishing · fading · thinning · dissemination · dilution · breakdown · fragmentation
Transferred thermal energy
- lossBeing without something
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
radiation · conduction · thermal · decay · damping · absorption · inefficiency · leakage
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- excessesImmoderate amounts or behaviors
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
pleasures · vices · carousing · intemperance · profligacy · licentiousness · decadence · orgies · binges · sprees
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
- expenditureMoney paid out
- depletionReduction of supply
consumption · drain · loss · misuse · exhaustion · spending · burning · diminishment · erosion · attrition
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- dispersionScattering across space
- spreadingExtending over space
dissolution · evaporation · vanishing · fading · thinning · dissemination · dilution · breakdown · fragmentation · disintegration
heat
Transferred thermal energy
- lossBeing without something
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
friction · radiation · conduction · thermal · decay · damping · absorption · inefficiency · leakage · transfer
dissipationsrestraints
Things that hold back
moderations · temperance · moderation · self-control · abstinence
dissipationsvirtues
Positive moral traits
purities · righteousness · chastity · decencies · proprieties
dissipationsconservations
Acts of protecting resources
thrift · savings · accumulations · preservations · economies
- heat dissipationTransfer of warmth outward