reckless abandon

[ rek-lis uh-ban-duhn ]

noun

1. unrestrained surrender to impulse or passion, without regard for convention, appearances, good sense, or risk:

   He played with reckless abandon, his enthusiasm for the game flowing from his every pore.

   With this data deal you'll be able to stream movies and music with reckless abandon.

Confusables Note

See reckless abandonment ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of reckless abandon¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

It starts with a bright, trebly guitar, sets the beat, and finally spins into a kind of reckless abandon.

From The Daily Beast

But Shell is still flaring gas with reckless abandon in Nigeria.

From The Daily Beast

Shell is still flaring gas with reckless abandon in Nigeria.

From The Daily Beast

Breezy freshness, strong masculinity, and almost reckless abandon in the literary texture and dramatic inventions.

From Project Gutenberg

Then they swung stiffly into the wet saddles, and plunged, with almost reckless abandon, through the darkness.

From Project Gutenberg

There he proceeds with reckless abandon to ridicule his own work as well as the inflated importance of all imaginative creation.

From Project Gutenberg

With the utmost reckless abandon, she charged right up to the rocks.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not much more than his own serious or fantastic thinking indulging itself with reckless abandon—amusing itself with itself.

From Project Gutenberg