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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
| Synonyms: | bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappearance |
| Synonyms: | diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, distribution, emission, extravagance, improvidence, radiation, scattering, spread, vanishing, wastage, waste |
| Antonyms: | appearance |
| Main Entry: | consumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devouring; use |
| Synonyms: | burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, drinking, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, using up, utilization, waste, wear and tear |
| Antonyms: | fasting, starvation |
| Main Entry: | debauchery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immoral self-indulgence |
| Synonyms: | bender, binge, blowout, burning candle at both ends, bust, carousal, depravity, dissipation, dissoluteness, drunk*, excess, fast living, fornication, gluttony, incontinence, indulgence, intemperance, intimacy, la dolce vita, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, license, licentiousness, life in fast lane, lust, orgy, overindulgence, revel, revelry, seduction, sensuality, sybaritism, tear* |
| Antonyms: | benevolence, giving, mercifulness, unselfishness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decadence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perversion; deterioration of morality |
| Synonyms: | corruption, debasement, decay, declension, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, devolution, dissipation, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, evil, excess, fall, gluttony, incontinence, intemperance, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, licentiousness, regression, sensuality, sybaritism |
| Antonyms: | humility, morality |
| Main Entry: | decomposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rot, breakdown |
| Synonyms: | atomization, corruption, decay, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, division, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity |
| Antonyms: | combination, development, growth, improvement |
| Main Entry: | diffusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spread; wide distribution |
| Synonyms: | circulation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering |
| Antonyms: | collection, concentration |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
| Synonyms: | ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | dissemination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
| Synonyms: | airing, broadcasting, circulation, diffusion, dissipation, promulgation, propagation, publication, publishing, spread |
| Antonyms: | collection, gathering |
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