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Definition of: jettison
(jet′ə·sən) noun
1. The throwing overboard of goods, or cargo, especially from a ship in danger of foundering.
2. Jetsam.
—v.t.
1. To throw overboard, as goods or cargo.
2. Hence, to discard or abandon something that hampers. [<AF getteson <L jactatio, -onis a throwing <jactare. See JET2.]
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