| cast aside | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| ~ unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit. |
| ~ deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out; get rid of.; "deep-six these old souvenirs!" |
| ~ jettison | throw away, of something encumbering. |
| ~ junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ waste | get rid of.; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" |
| ~ get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| ~ dump | throw away as refuse.; "No dumping in these woods!" |
| ~ retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ liquidize, sell out, sell up | get rid of all one's merchandise. |
| ~ de-access | dispose of by selling.; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" |
| ~ close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of.; "He closed out his line of sports cars" |
| disregard | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. disregard, neglect | lack of attention and due care. |
| ~ inattention | lack of attention. |
| ~ omission | neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something. |
| n. (act) | 2. disregard, neglect | willful lack of care and attention. |
| ~ mistreatment | the practice of treating (someone or something) badly.; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother" |
| ~ despite | contemptuous disregard.; "she wanted neither favor nor despite" |
| v. (communication) | 3. cut, disregard, ignore, snub | refuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| v. (communication) | 4. brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | bar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances" |
| ~ cold-shoulder, slight | pay no attention to, disrespect.; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" |
| ~ reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
| ~ discredit | cause to be distrusted or disbelieved.; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" |
| ~ shrug off | minimize the importance of, brush aside.; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points" |
| ~ pass off | disregard.; "She passed off the insult" |
| ~ flout, scoff | treat with contemptuous disregard.; "flout the rules" |
| ~ turn a blind eye | refuse to acknowledge.; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office" |
| ~ laugh away, laugh off | deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it.; "She laughs away all these problems" |
| ~ disoblige | ignore someone's wishes. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. disregard, ignore, neglect | give little or no attention to.; "Disregard the errors" |
| ~ pretermit | disregard intentionally or let pass. |
| shove | | |
| n. (act) | 1. shove | the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something).; "he gave the door a shove" |
| ~ push, pushing | the act of applying force in order to move something away.; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" |
| ~ bundling | the act of shoving hastily.; "she complained about bundling the children off to school" |
| ~ jostle, jostling | the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing). |
| v. (motion) | 2. jostle, shove | come into rough contact with while moving.; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| ~ elbow | push one's way with the elbows. |
| ~ shoulder in | push one's way in with one's shoulders. |
| v. (contact) | 3. shove | push roughly.; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (motion) | 4. shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust | press or force.; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
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