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cast⋅a⋅way

  [kast-uh-wey, kahst-]
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–noun
1. a shipwrecked person.
2. anything cast adrift or thrown away.
3. an outcast.
–adjective
4. cast adrift.
5. thrown away.
Origin:
1520–30; n., adj. use of v. phrase cast away

Synonyms:
3. pariah, outlaw, leper.
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cast·a·way   (kāst'ə-wā')   
adj.  

  1. Cast adrift or ashore; shipwrecked.

  2. Discarded; thrown away.

n.  

  1. A shipwrecked person.

  2. A rejected or discarded person or thing.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Castaway

Gr. adokimos, (1 Cor. 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2 Tim. 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Heb. 6:8, etc.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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