self-abandonment

[ self-uh-ban-duhn-muhnt ]

noun

1. absence or lack of personal restraint.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-abandonment¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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