1. The quality or state of being dissolute; habitual indulgence in excessive or immoral behavior, especially regarding drinking, drugs, or sexual conduct.
Usage: Plural form of dissoluteness; Formal or literary register

Examples

• The novel chronicles the dissolutenesses of the aristocracy during the Gilded Age.
• His dissolutenesses eventually led to the ruin of his family's fortune.
• The preacher condemned the dissolutenesses he witnessed in the city.
• Historical accounts detail the various dissolutenesses of certain Roman emperors.
• She rejected the dissolutenesses of court life and chose a quiet, virtuous existence.
• The film explores the dissolutenesses and moral decay of its characters.