[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
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