jettisoning Definition

jettison
verb jettisoned, jettisoning

1. To throw (cargo) overboard to lighten a ship, aircraft, etc in an emergency.
2. colloq
To abandon, reject or get rid of something.
Thesaurus: abandon, discard, expel, dump, ditch.

Etymology: 15c: from French getaison, from Latin jactatio a tossing.