jettison

Meaning

Noun

1. (collective, uncountable) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
2. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.

Verb

1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
2. (figuratively) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Synonyms

discard

abandon

throw overboard

forsake

throw away

dump

ditch

drop out

fling

fling away

get rid of

give up

junk

leave behind

maroon

offload

quit

reject

relinquish

unload

sluff

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abdicate

abnegate

cast aside

desert

🏜️

dispose

Translations

αβαρία

desechar

larguer

über Bord werfen

jogar fora

délester

Ballast abwerfen

Ballast

expeler

jeter

echar

etw. ausrangieren

etw. ausscheiden

etw. aussondern

wegwerfen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.