self-abandonedadj.
/ˌsɛlfəˈband(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈbænd(ə)nd/ 1. Chiefly in predicative use. Of a person: that has ceased to have due regard or respect for himself or herself; wretched, self-abased; (also) morally lost, depraved.
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the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adjective] > self-abased
prostratec1390
enclinc1400
prostitute1621
self-abased1668
self-abandoned1688
1688 J. Howe Serm. directing what we are to Do 12 Thou Oh my Soul art self-abandon'd to the blackness of darkness for ever.
1732 E. Boyd Happy-unfortunate 249 Till the unhappy Creature's quite undone, and self-abandon'd, dreams no more of Virtue.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 138 Nor expected less Than that..the host Should self-abandon'd fall an easy prey.
1833 Caledonian Mercury 7 Mar. 1/3 He was utterly unmanned and self-abandoned, and his appearance is described..as the most pitiable there can be conceived.
1891 Old & New Test. Student 13 273 That love resisted and spurned becomes the occasion by which Satan wins his completest triumph over the self-abandoned soul.
1968 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 9 477 The sudden conversion of the self-abandoned Samson in the last hours of his life.
2003 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 12 Apr. d3/3 You get the sense of someone self-abandoned and, knowing that, almost unwilling to accept what she's fallen to.
2. Characterized by self-renunciation; selfless.
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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adjective]
selfless1651
unselfish1698
self-sacrificeda1711
self-abandoning1817
self-abandoned1830
sharing1922
1830 J. Banim Denounced I. xiv. 122 Rory Laherty held and controlled the horse under his care with the self-abandoned devotion of one who might think himself immeasurably honoured..in the performance of his imposed duty.
1888 London Q. Rev. July 270 The humble, self-abandoned gratitude of the delivered for whom a lifetime of service is too little.
1944 Christian Educ. 28 50 The self-abandoned service of one's fellows.
2002 W. Brueggemann David's Truth (ed. 2) iv. 104 This text makes the most massive statement about self-abandoned giving.
3. Involving or characterized by a lack of inhibition or restraint; (also) given up or devoted to an influence, passion, etc.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > in action, conduct, or habit
freec1300
unbridledc1374
riotous?1456
liberala1500
unrestrained1531
libertine1593
relaxed1623
long-waisted1647
self-abandoning1817
laissez-aller1818
self-abandoned1833
uninhibited1880
un-Victorian1908
leggo1943
zizzy1966
loose1968
1833 Court Mag. Dec. 239/2 He was self-abandoned, pressing, and wildly inquisitive.
a1882 H. W. Bellows in S. Ellis Life E. H. Chapin (1883) xii. 197 A mob of half-tipsy and thoroughly self-abandoned and quarrelsome persons.
1921 Biblical Rev. July 439 She is seen burying herself among the beauty and seductiveness of nature, self-abandoned to the joys of the senses.
1962 B. Mason End of Golden Weather 40 He advances on his victim, the light of self-abandoned frenzy in his eye.
2013 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Review section) Rarely in modern times had public life been given over to such self-abandoned extremes of anguish and euphoria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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