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Antonyms for setting aside


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : set
Phonetic Transcription : sɛt



Definition of setting aside

Origin :
  • Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cf. Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also cf. set (n.2).
  • Intransitive sense from c.1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c.1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.
  • As in reservation : noun the act of holding something, or thing held for future use
  • As in waiver : noun giving up; letting go
  • As in intend : verb have in mind; determine
  • As in override/overrule : verb cancel, reverse a decision
  • As in overturn : verb flip over
  • As in put away/put aside/put by : verb keep in
  • As in quash : verb nullify, cancel
  • As in refuse : verb deny; say no
  • As in repeal : verb declare null and void
  • As in rescind : verb declare null and void
  • As in reserve : verb keep, hold back
  • As in reverse : verb cancel, change
  • As in revoke : verb take back; cancel
  • As in salt away : verb save, store up
  • As in supersede : verb take the place of; override
  • As in waive : verb give up; let go
  • As in cancel : verb equal out
  • As in choose : verb pick, select
  • As in confute : verb disprove, refute
  • As in defer : verb hold off, put off
  • As in designate : verb specify as selection
  • As in abolish : verb do away with or put an end to
  • As in disapprove : verb condemn
  • As in dismiss : verb put out of one's mind
  • As in disobey : verb disregard rules; refuse to conform
  • As in disprove : verb prove false
  • As in earmark : verb reserve
  • As in eliminate : verb remove, throw out
  • As in allocate : verb assign; divide among
  • As in allot : verb assign; give portion
  • As in exclude : verb expel, forbid
  • As in forsake : verb abandon, turn one's back on
Example sentences :
  • I commenced by setting aside my aunt Cora, of the Isle of Bourbon.
  • Extract from : « French and Oriental Love in a Harem » by Mario Uchard
  • Setting aside my ugliness, is there anything in me that displeases you?
  • Extract from : « The Fairy Ring » by Various
  • Had she not, setting aside her own rights, looked well to his?
  • Extract from : « At the Crossroads » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • The danger is one which we are perfectly capable of setting aside.
  • Extract from : « The Teacher » by George Herbert Palmer
  • Setting aside the fact that he had brought them good news, she was glad he had come.
  • Extract from : « The Plow-Woman » by Eleanor Gates
  • How readily are they wont to entertain it as a reason for setting aside a will!
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 » by Various
  • So to do I should need to procure the setting aside of a law.
  • Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
  • But again fate had its way with us, setting aside all plans.
  • Extract from : « The Way of a Man » by Emerson Hough
  • Setting aside all my own acts in other matters, why can you not remember at least so much as that?
  • Extract from : « The Way of a Man » by Emerson Hough
  • So I laughed also, setting aside for the moment the question of what my fate was to be.
  • Extract from : « A King's Comrade » by Charles Whistler

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