set aside

present singular third person sets aside · participle present setting aside

1. transitiveTo separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.

   Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

   Synonyms: allocate

2. transitiveTo 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

   1 more example

   In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it.

   1960 May 28, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305

   Synonyms: put aside

3. transitiveTo disagree with something and reject or overturn it.

   Synonyms: decline, refuse, turn down

4. transitiveTo 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