adj.
Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
[Middle English, from Latin dissolūtus, past participle of dissolvere, to dissolve. See dissolve.]
dissolutely dis'so·lute'ly adv.dissoluteness dis'so·lute'ness n.
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