noun

• 1The construction or repair of ditches.

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  • ‘they would have to pay for hedging and ditching’

• 2informal The action of getting rid of or giving up something.

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  • ‘the ditching of traditional ballot-box elections’

  1. 2.1The action of ending a relationship with someone peremptorily.
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     • ‘she has not recovered from his ditching of her in favour of Anna’