as in abandon
carefree freedom from constraint
the cheerful unrestraint of children
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Recent Examples of unrestraint
He had never spoken with such fathoms of unrestraint.
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Benjamin Hedin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
Benjamin Hedin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrestraint
Noun
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The takeaway: Reckless abandon is not the way to survive a season.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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And now his rap sheet makes the self-destructive abandon in his songs feel too real and too close to dark sagas of alcohol abuse in country music for comfort.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Global executives bemoan the negative impacts of poor customer onboarding and subsequent abandonment.—
Alfred Kahn,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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In recent years, challenges from Russian aggression to Chinese mercantilism to American abandonment have revealed just how unprepared a demilitarized Europe is to handle old-fashioned power politics.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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“Unrestraint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrestraint. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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