jettison Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb throw away, of something encumbering
  2. verb throw as from an airplane

WordNet

Jet"ti*son noun
Etymology
See Jetsam.
Definitions
  1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
  2. See Jetsam, 1.

Webster 1913