What is Wild Abandon?

Question

It is used in literature and describes something but I don't know what it is.

Answer 1

When you know better, and do it anyway.  When you throw your cares to the wind.  Inhibition.

Answer 2

It's letting yourself go as far as you can in the heat of the moment.

I like it a lot.

Answer 3

In a word, Throwing caution to the wind and letting all of your inhibitions go.  

Answer 4

If someone does something with wild abandon then they throw themselves into it, "wildly abandoning" their inhibitions, social mores or other such constraints. As in : They kissed with wild abandon.

It usually implies passions in some way overcoming social conditioning, hence the wild part.

Also becky, sorry to be so pedantic but:

In a word, Throwing caution to the wind and letting all of your inhibitions go

thats 12 words ;)