The phrase "abandon oneself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the act of giving up control or restraint, often in the context of emotions or experiences.
Example: "In that moment of pure joy, she decided to abandon herself to the music and dance freely."
Alternatives: "surrender oneself" or "give oneself up".
The events of this world in which we have been set down are too ghastly to be able to abandon oneself to such a mood.
Brick by brick, beginning in the 19th century, we have built up disciplinary barriers to the point where even the polymaths find them insuperable (except, of course, in some postmodern English departments, where one may abandon oneself to theory without paying particular attention to the superannuated specialists in the department of philosophy).
"Abandon oneself in the music... one has to dare," says Fink. Singers must allow themselves to melt into the music.
For Camus, one of the ways of liberating oneself from the illusion of meaning and unity is to open up to the beauty of Nature and partake in it, abandoning oneself in privileged moments of hedonistic communion with wild environments, such as the rugged Algerian landscape or the Mediterranean, or in eroticism (1938a; see the moments of happiness in The Outsider, for example, 1942a, 23 24, 116 117).
How hard is it to abandon a version of oneself into which one has put some effort?
As an audience member, the wisest course of action was to abandon all reservations and allow oneself to be seduced.
Whether one comes out of that investigation embracing a broader – albeit perhaps vaguer – set of concepts and tools than one started off with, or whether one considers oneself forced to abandon any hope of anything but very specific theories of art, artist, and artistic experience, conceptual art obliges us to think about where we stand on these issues.
Mr. Mann and others suggest that beyond the usual explanations given for the Senate losing streak, there may be a less tangible reason: the reluctance to abandon the comfort and dignity of the Senate to devote oneself completely to the sometimes humiliating retail politics necessary in a presidential bid.
As much as "Dog Run" may lament the squatters' lives (the lack of plumbing in the squat, and the hygienic consequences thereof, are pointed out on more than one occasion), it can't abandon the old dream of dropping out of middle-class life and reinventing oneself as a romantic rebel.
According to one study, self-forgiveness is the ability to "abandon self-resentment in the face of one's own acknowledged objective wrong, while fostering compassion, generosity, and love toward oneself".
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