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Jettisoning
[jet-uh-suhn, -zuhn] 
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jettison
[jet-uh-suhn, -zuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier, cast, cast off, deep-six, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
| Synonyms: | auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending |
| Antonyms: | hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw away |
| Synonyms: | adios, bestow, chuck, deep six, destroy, discard, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, file in circular file, get rid of, give, jettison, junk*, kiss off, kiss*, make over, part with, relinquish, scrap, sell, transfer, unload |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty-six, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave, reject, scrap*, throw away, throw out, throw overboard |
| Antonyms: | pick up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, throw away |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, clear out, deep-six, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, fling, fling down, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, let fall, scrap, throw down, throw out, throw overboard, tip, unload, unpack |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, save |
| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
| Antonyms: | go back, rediscover, return, revert |
| Main Entry: | lighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce weight, load |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, attenuate, buoy, change, comfort, cut down, decrease, dilute, disburden, disencumber, ease, empty, eradicate, extenuate, facilitate, free, jettison, lessen, levitate, make less, make lighter, mitigate, mollify, pour out, put off, reduce, relieve, remove, shift, take, take a load off, thin, throw out, unburden, unload, uplight, upraise |
| Antonyms: | burden, weigh down |
| Main Entry: | reject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no to |
| Synonyms: | burn*, cashier, cast aside, cast off, cast out, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, give thumbs down to, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix, not buy, pass by, pass on, pass up, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shoot down, shun, slough, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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