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Set aside

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Verb
  1. 1
    To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. transitive

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

  2. 2
    make inoperative or stop wordnet
  3. 3
    To leave out of account; to omit or neglect. transitive

    "[…] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that."

  4. 4
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause wordnet
  5. 5
    To disagree with something and reject or overturn it. transitive
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  1. 6
    annul (a legal decision) wordnet
  2. 7
    To declare something invalid or null and void. transitive

    "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."

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