[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discard \discard"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. discarded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. discarding.
   1. card playing to throw out of one's hand, as superfluous
      cards; to lay aside a card or cards.
      1913 webster

   2. to cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to
      dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to
      discharge; to turn away.
      1913 webster

            they blame the favorites, and think it nothing
            extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to
            discard them.                         --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. to put or thrust away; to reject.
      1913 webster

            a man discards the follies of boyhood. --i. taylor.

   syn: to dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
        1913 webster
see also:
discarded discarding 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

discarded
     adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
            "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
            some thrown-away furniture" syn: cast-offa, throwawaya,
             thrown-awaya
     2: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" syn: cast-offa, junked,
         scrapa, waste
see also:
cast-offa throwawaya thrown-awaya junked scrapa waste 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "discarded":
   abandoned, belied, cast-off, castaway, confounded, confuted,
   contemned, declined, declined with thanks, deflated, denied,
   derelict, deserted, despised, disapproved, discounted, discredited,
   disdained, dismissed, disowned, disproved, disputed, disused,
   excepted, excluded, exploded, exposed, forsaken, forsworn, ignored,
   impugned, invalidated, jettisoned, left, marooned, negated,
   negatived, not considered, overthrown, overturned, punctured,
   rebuffed, refused, refuted, rejected, renounced, repudiated,
   repulsed, scouted, shown up, spurned, upset

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