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Meanings of complete abandonment in English

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Usage of complete abandonment in English
1
What actually happened, however, was a complete abandonment of traditional principles.
The Return of Depression Economics
2
That is a complete abandonment of responsibility for public transport policy by TfL.
The Guardian
3
Her whole attitude expressed the most complete abandonment of deep and restful sleep.
The Heavenly Twins
4
His complete abandonment filled her with pain, the first relenting she had had.
The Emigrant Trail
5
But the place looked deserted, with an aura of complete abandonment.
Bundori
6
There is this complete abandonment of the moderate middle ground.
News.com.au
7
It was an action of complete abandonment to the new friendship, and it thrilled the man.
The Heart of Unaga
8
Then, with a gesture of complete abandonment, she went up to Winnington, holding out her hands-
Delia Blanchflower
9
Her head was thrown back in complete abandonment and her hair was coming down about her shoulders.
Stubble
10
His wet, shining, wide-opened eyes and ecstatic expression indicated complete abandonment to the illusions of the scene.
A Summer Evening's Dream / 1898
11
He put his arms about her and presently she leaned against him and wept with complete abandonment.
Judith of the Godless Valley
12
What we need is a complete abandonment.
The Guardian
13
Her daughter sent away, Madame Boyer surrendered herself with complete abandonment to her passion for her lover.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
14
It was God the Father that inspired in her the highest ecstasy, the most complete abandonment of self.
Evelyn Innes
15
It was a complete abandonment of himself, a forgetfulness of everything in the presence of his absolute intoxication.
His Excellency the Minister
16
Turning our steaming horses free, we threw ourselves, in complete abandonment and relaxation, down in the nearest shade.
The Outlet
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