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.
DISCARD
Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing)
Defn: To make a discard.
DISCARD
Dis*card", n. (Card Playing)
Defn: The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
DISCARDURE
Dis*car"dure, n.
Defn: Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.
DISCARNATE Dis*car"nate, a. Etym: [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.]