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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.
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