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1. Unrestrained by convention or morality
   "deplorably dissipated and degraded"
   - debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
    
2. Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
   "led a dissipated life"
   - betting, card-playing, sporting

1. To cause to separate and go in different directions
   "She waved her hand and dissipated the crowds"
   - disperse, dispel, break up, scatter
    
2. Move away from each other
   "The crowds dissipated"
   - disperse, scatter, spread out
    
3. Spend frivolously and unwisely
   - fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
    
4. Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

See also: dissipation, immoral, indulgent

Type of: consume, divide, live, part, separate, split, squander, ware, waste

Encyclopedia: Dissipate