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losbandigheid — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • debauchery noun Excessive, unrestrained indulgence in pleasure — heavy drinking, sex, or drug use seen as scandalous.
  • dissipation noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.

Senses

losbandigheid is used for these senses in English:

  • dissipation A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  • profligacy (uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.

dissipation — full definition

  1. noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.
  2. noun A lifestyle of excess, wasting time, money or health in the pursuit of pleasure.
  3. noun A small thing that wastes time or takes your attention away from something else.
  4. noun (physics) The gradual loss of energy from a system, usually given off as heat.
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