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discardnoun something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the otherstoss all of your discards in the garbage discardverbto get rid of as useless or unwanteddiscard an old, torn sweater cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six(or 86), exorcise(also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off)also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload abandon, abdicate, desert, forsakedismiss, kick outabolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out dispose of, set aside adopt, embrace, take onemploy, use, utilizehold, hold back, keep, retain v.discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of.discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.discard old clothes cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.cast off her friends shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster.shed a bad habit finally sloughed off the depression scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form.scrap all the old ways would junk our educational system ca. 1586 |