| verb | to cause to separate and go in different directions “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds” |
| verb | move away from each other “The crowds dispersed” |
| verb | spend frivolously and unwisely “Fritter away one's inheritance” |
| verb | live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption |
| adjective | unrestrained by convention or morality “Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society” |
| adjective | preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance “led a dissipated life” |
| dispersion | noun | the act of dispersing or diffusing something |
| dissipation | noun | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| scatter | noun | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| scattering | noun | spreading widely or driving off |
| degenerate | noun | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
| dissoluteness | noun | indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures |
| libertine | noun | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained |
| profligate | noun | a dissolute man in fashionable society |
| riot | noun | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |