noun
- the quality or state of being dissolute; indulgence in excessive drinking, sexual activity, or other immoral behavior; lack of moral restraint.
Usage: uncountable noun; formal register
Examples
- The emperor's dissoluteness was legendary, marked by endless feasts and scandalous affairs.
- His dissoluteness eventually ruined his reputation and his family's fortune.
- The novel critiques the dissoluteness of the wealthy aristocracy.
- She warned her son against a life of dissoluteness and excess.
- The dissoluteness of the court shocked even the most worldly observers.
- After years of dissoluteness, he finally sought redemption and reform.