self-abandonment

American  

[self-uh-ban-duhn-muhnt] / ˈsɛlf əˈbæn dən mənt /

Sometimes self-abandon

noun

1. absence or lack of personal restraint.

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Etymology

Origin of self-abandonment

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

And though it may be the warp of my own experiential lens, I have always found the men disproportionately drawn to these structures of mediated self-abandonment.

From Forbes • Oct. 16, 2014

But the door was scarcely closed, when, with sudden self-abandonment, the queen threw herself into her chair, and burst into a passion of tears.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

He must next recite them with perfect simplicity and self-abandonment.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

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

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

Oh, Dave, Dave," she cried with a sudden self-abandonment, so passionate, so overwhelming that it alarmed her uncle, "why can't I help you?

From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Cullum, Ridgwell