self-abandonment

How to use self-abandonment in a sentence

• The young woman's education in a Jewish home is such as to exclude a blind self-abandonment, with the consequent tragic results.

  The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century | Leo Wiener

• The very phrase offends some ancient canon fixed against self-abandonment in the very blood and bone of womankind.

  The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins

• She resisted a moment, and then, with a little cry of self-abandonment, she hid her face on his breast.

  The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins

• But to this King myrrh is a peculiarly appropriate gift, for it is the symbol of complete self-abandonment.

  Our Lady Saint Mary | J. G. H. Barry

• In her voice, as in her body, there is always a reserve of energy, a dignified self-respect; there is never any self-abandonment.

  Impressions And Comments | Havelock Ellis