self-abandonment
Definition
- Noun:
- The act of abandoning oneself to a feeling or impulse: "self-abandonment" refers to the state of yielding completely to emotions, desires, or instincts without restraint or self-control.
- Neglect of one's own interests or well-being: It can also mean the disregard of personal needs, responsibilities, or safety, often in favor of others or a cause.
Usage Examples
- (Complete surrender to the emotion of the dance.)
- (Neglect of personal well-being for another person.)
Advanced Usage
"self-abandonment to passion": yielding completely to strong emotion.
- The poet wrote of self-abandonment to love, describing a soul consumed by desire. (Total surrender to the feeling of love.)
"self-abandonment in devotion": giving oneself entirely to a religious or spiritual practice.
- The monk's self-abandonment in prayer was a model of piety. (Complete dedication without self-consciousness.)
Variants and Related Words
Self-abandoned (adj): having yielded oneself completely to a feeling or impulse; lacking self-restraint.
- The self-abandoned crowd cheered wildly at the concert. (The crowd was completely uninhibited.)
Abandonment (n): the act of leaving someone or something behind; also, the state of being given up.
- The abandonment of the project was a disappointment. (The act of giving up the project.)
Synonyms
- Surrender: the act of giving up control or resistance.
- Unreservedness: the quality of being open and without restraint.
- Self-neglect: the failure to care for oneself adequately.
Related Idioms
Let oneself go: to become less restrained or less concerned with appearances.
- After the divorce, he let himself go and stopped caring about his diet. (He engaged in self-abandonment regarding his health.)
Throw caution to the wind: to act without worrying about the risks.
- She threw caution to the wind and danced in the rain. (She showed self-abandonment by acting impulsively.)