abandon

1. Unbounded enthusiasm; exuberance.

2. A complete surrender of inhibitions

Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, from a bandon : a, at (from Latin ad; see ad-) + bandon, control; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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