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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discard \Dis*card"\, verb (used with an object) [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).
2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. --Swift.
3. To put or thrust away; to reject.
A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor.
Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discarded
adjective
1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {throwaway(a)}, {thrown-away(a)}]
2: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {junked}, {scrap(a)}, {waste}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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