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
He was going to say more, but the silly woman burst into tears and wept with such self-abandonment that she fairly silenced him.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
And the girl, in the self-abandonment of her grief, leaned her head upon Hilsborn's shoulder and wept silently.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
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 Fletcher, Lawrence
He was still more surprised by the self-abandonment that allowed her to continue.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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