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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissolute \Dis"so*lute\, a. [L. dissolutus p. p. of dissolvere: cf F. dissolu. See {Dissolve}.] 1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. ``A wild and dissolute soldier.'' --Motley. Syn: Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish; debauched; profligate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dissolute adj : unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: {debauched}, {degenerate}, {degraded}, {dissipated}, {libertine}, {profligate}, {riotous}, {fast}]
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