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

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Example Sentences

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self-abandonment

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

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 Ridgwell Cullum

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

While she had rested and waited in that luxury of self-abandonment she had been cheated of her victory—betrayed back to life.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Harry Leon Wilson

Does any young man love with the self-abandonment of an old one?

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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