Definition of "set aside"

set aside

verb
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.
2. (transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
  Quotations
  […] 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
3. (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
4. (transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void.

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