Definition of "dissipations" [dissipations]

• Plural form of dissipation. (noun)

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• "I here set forth a group of what might be called the dissipations of the ball-room."
• "The contemporary term for the "dissipations" would be an obesogenic environment, as I learned when I traveled about 80 miles due northwest to have a tour of Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge."
• "He's always gallivanting about in foreign countries, seeking God knows what kind of dissipations and leaving his poor mother bound to care for his estates and fortune. ""