casting aside
Rejecting without hesitation
Casting aside means deliberately rejecting, discarding, or abandoning something or someone that was previously valued or held close.
The phrase suggests a deliberate, often forceful act of separation—you cast aside old beliefs when they no longer serve you, or cast aside a loyal friend when ambition takes over.
She cast aside her doubts and signed the contract.
The action implies finality, as if physically throwing something away from oneself.
- discardDeliberately throw out
- toss outDispose of something
- forsakeAbandon completely
- disposeArrange or settle
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
jettison · detachment · rejection · push away · distancing · renunciation · denial · dismissal · shed · cut loose · repudiation · scrap · alienation · relinquish · let go of · estrangement · disownment · give up on
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- repudiatingrenouncing, disclaiming, rejecting, disavowing, disowning
casting asidekeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · clinging to · preserving · treasuring · cherishing
casting asideprioritizing
Ordering by importance
valuing · prizing · holding dear · elevating · championing
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