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self-suˈrrender
[self- 1 a.]
The surrender or giving up of oneself to an influence, emotion, or the like.
1702J. Howe Self-Ded. 12 This must be the Sense of the sincere Soul, intreating the Matter of its Self-surrender, and Dedication, with the great God. 1854De Quincey Murder as One of the Fine Arts Postscr. (ed. Masson) XIII. 101 In blind, passive, self-surrender to panic. 1859O. W. Holmes For Burns Centen. Celebr. 32 We love him, even in his wrong,—His wasteful self-surrender. 1900W. L. Courtney Idea of Trag. 75 The absolute self-surrender of a middle-aged man who ought to be conquering the world.
Hence self-suˈrrendering ppl. a.
1878J. G. Whittier Vision Echard 12 Its [sc. love's] self-surrendering freedom, Its loss that gaineth all. 1903W. H. Gray Our Div. Sheph. 199 The Lamb of God, innocent and self-surrendering. |