self-abandonment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-abandonment
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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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
His strongest sympathies are reserved for those who suffer by abandoning themselves to impulse, and in this self-abandonment he sees the poetry of life.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
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 M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
The audacity and self-abandonment of the Zulu on this night had been simply magnificent.
From Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa by Lawrence Fletcher
Even in her folly of the previous day, even in her reckless self-abandonment to a silly passion, Sophia had not lacked the qualities that make for sacrifice--courage, generosity, staunchness.
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
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