jettison

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.

noun

1. (uncountable, collective) 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.
   The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
   The jettisoning of fuel tanks.
2. (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
   […] the defense of horrendous behavior as “free speech”; the jettisoning of “free speech” when it served corporate purposes; the way no one seeks permission but all expect forgiveness. 2018-10-30, David Streitfeld, “Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit”, in New York Times