setting aside

Verb

set aside (third-person singular simple present sets aside, present participle setting aside, simple past and past participle set aside)

1. (transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
   • Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

   Synonyms:

   allocate

2. (transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
   • […] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious; republished as “Sermon I”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, London: B. Aylmer, 1696, page 31

   Synonyms:

   put aside

3. (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.

   Synonyms:

   decline, refuse, turn down

4. (transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void.
   • As is well-known, pikuaḥ nefesh [saving a life], sets aside all the commandments in the Torah except for idol worship, forbidden sexual relationships and murder.2024, David Golinkin, “Are Thee Ways Of Hidinng A Mezuzah In Times Of Danger?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 213

   Synonyms:

   earmark, shelve, annul, invalidate, rescind