单词 | self-surrender |
释义 | self-surrendern. The action or an act of renouncing one's own will or desires, esp. (in earlier use) in order to fulfil God's will. Also: the surrender of oneself to an influence, emotion, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > to an influence, etc. resignationa1500 abandonment1593 self-surrender1647 submittal1798 abandon1815 1647 S. Ashe Gods Incomparable Goodnesse unto Israel 27 This selfe-surrender to God, in Covenant renewing, should be 1. Rationall... 2. Totall... [etc.]. 1682 J. Howe Self-ded. 29 This must be the sense of the sincere Soul in treating the matter of its self-surrender, and dedication, with the great God. 1766 C. Bulkley Rational Assurance Dying Pastor 9 Frequent acts of resignation and self-surrender. 1773 tr. C. M. Wieland Reason Triumphant over Fancy III. vi. ii. 64 It is the force of truth alone which can bring us to a voluntary self-surrender. 1813 C. Buck Pract. Expositor (1815) 166 A new self-surrender and dedication of himself to God. 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 89 In blind, passive, self-surrender to panic. 1900 W. L. Courtney Idea of Trag. 75 The absolute self-surrender of a middle-aged man who ought to be conquering the world. 1970 E. Gray Compl. Guide to Tarot iii. 34 Self-surrender leads to the transformation of the personality. 2002 G. Levine Dying to Know vi. 126 Women were..admired for their capacity for self-surrender, expected to make their lives secondary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647 |
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