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verb

Discard v. t. (past & past part. discarded; pres. part. discarding)

(Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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."

To put or thrust away; to reject. "A man discards the follies of boyhood."

Synonyms: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.

Discard v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.

noun

Discard n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

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Etymology of 'Discard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... were reasonable Papists we might speak moderately and in a friendly way, thus: first, why they so rigidly uphold the Mass. For it is but a pure invention of men, and has not been commanded by God; and every invention of man we may [safely] discard, as Christ declares, Matt. 15, 9: In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the ...

— The Smalcald Articles • Martin Luther

... if orthodox Christianity were not good for women they would not support and cling to it; if it did not comfort them they would discard it. In reply to that I need only recall to you the fact that it is the same in all religions. Women have ever been the stanchest defenders of the faith, the most bitter haters of an infidel, the most certain that their form of faith is the only truth.* Yet I do ...

— Men, Women, and Gods - And Other Lectures • Helen H. Gardener

... almost warrant a belief that this piece of imagery may have emanated from the same brain and been executed by the same hands as are accountable for the two which we have seen seven miles away, but the workmanship is really not in the least alike, and I have learnt almost to discard in this connection the theory of local idiosyncrasies. Even when we find, as we do find, similar, and almost identical, designs in neighbouring churchyards, or in the same churchyard, it is safer to conjecture that a meaner sculptor has copied the ...

— In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious • W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

... is in marked contrast to some of the theories held by contemporary "imagists." As we have already noted, in Chapter II, they stress the individual reaction to phenomena, at some tense moment. They discard, as far as possible, the long "loop-line" of previous experience. As for diction, they have, like all true artists, a horror of the cliche—the rubber-stamp word, blurred by use. As for rhythm, they ...

— A Study of Poetry • Bliss Perry

... Heathens were passionate lovers of freedom. (85.) 3. Royalists had individual independence, learning, and polite manners of the Court. B. But he alone fought the battle for the freedom of the mind. (88.) 1. This led him to discard parties; and (89) 2. To dare the ...

— English: Composition and Literature • W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

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