Dissipation - English meaning

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

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The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

noun

Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

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He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

Illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power

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Expose corruption the film is about a young police officer and his struggle to expose corruption in…

noun

Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

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A long weekend at the seaside means drinking, drugging & general debauchery, yes?

noun

Bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, etc.

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A life of debauchery

noun

Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.

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He denounced western decadence

noun

A state of low standards in a society; social decay

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The us was widely condemned as a decadent society.

noun

Low moral standards and behaviour

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Western decadence

noun

The state or quality of being degenerate.

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The degeneracy of later roman work

noun

Behaviour that shows very low moral standards

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He wrote about the moral degeneracy that accompanies the accumulation of wealth.

noun

Reduction in the number or quantity of something.

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The depletion of the ozone layer

noun

A reduction in something, or the act of reducing it

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Increased expenditure has caused a depletion in capital., when stock markets crashed the life funds…

noun

Moral corruption; wickedness.

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A tale of depravity hard to credit

noun

The state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad

noun

A way of living that people strongly disapprove of because it is morally bad

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She thanked him lovingly for having put a stop to the dissoluteness of her life., great dissolutene…

noun

The action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body.

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The dissolution of their marriage

noun

The ending of esp. an official organization or a legal arrangement

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The dissolution of the spanish empire

noun

The act or process of ending an official organization or legal agreement

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After the dissolution of communist rule in 1989, things began to open up., the party says it will c…

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

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We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

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The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

noun

A thing that uses up a particular resource.

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Nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse

noun

An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.

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Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?

adjective

Exceeding a prescribed or desirable amount.

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Trim any excess fat off the meat

noun

An amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable

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They both eat to excess (= a lot more than they need)., the company’s losses are in excess of (= mo…

noun

The action of spending funds.

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The expenditure of taxpayers' money

noun

An amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

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[ c ] a large expenditure of funds

noun

The total amount of money that an organization or person spends

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Reduce/keep down/cut expenditure we're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down., increase…

noun

The quality of being excessive and lacking in restraint; overindulgence.

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He paid a high price for his immoderation

noun

The state or quality of being immoral; wickedness.

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He believed his father had been punished by god for his immorality

noun

Lack of moderation or restraint.

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His occasional intemperance of tone

adjective

Suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest.

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The losing side

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

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I've lost my appetite

Present participle of lose

noun

The fact or process of losing something or someone.

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Avoiding loss of time

verb

Spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully.

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He was forced to resign following accusations of misspending public funds

verb

To use time or money in a way that wastes it or is not wise

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We must stop public money being misspent in this way., being a good pool player is usually a sign o…

noun

Reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources.

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His financial prudence corrected the profligacies of nero

noun

The act of spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise

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The profligacy of the west shocked him., years of fiscal profligacy have left the country deeply in…

noun

The act of allowing yourself to have or do anything that you enjoy

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Rarely have i seen two people work together so effortlessly and with so little self-indulgence., wh…

noun

Behaviour that is against the rules of a religion or morally wrong

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He becomes obsessed with his parents' apparent sinfulness., she regrets her life of sinfulness and …

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

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£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

Present participle of squander

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They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun., ireland squandered …

noun

Immoral or wicked behaviour.

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An open sewer of vice and crime

preposition

As a substitute for.

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The letter was drafted by david hunt, vice bevin who was ill

noun

A metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench.

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Hold the rail in the vice

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

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We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

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Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

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It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

noun

The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable.

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The wildness and beauty of the scottish hills

noun

The quality of being uncontrolled, violent, or extreme

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They are no longer able to claim the wildness of youth as any excuse for their behaviour., there wa…