discard
1. dis.card \dis-'ka:rd, 'dis-.ka:rd\ vt 1a: to let go (a playing card)
from one's hand 1b: to play (a card) from a suit other than trump but
different from the o ne led 2: to get rid of as useless or unpleasant : to
discard a playing card SCARD implies the letting go or throwing away of
something that has become presently useless or superfluous through often
not intrinsically valueless; CAST, esp. when used with off, away, and out,
implies a forceful rejection or repudiation; SHED and SLOUGH imply a
throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a
consequent renewal of vitality or luster; SCRAP and JUNK imply throwing
away or breaking up as worthless in existent form SYN syn CAST, SHED,
SLOUGH, SCRAP, JUNK: DI
2. dis.card \'dis-.ka:rd\ n 1a: the act of discarding in a card game 1b: a
card discarded 2: a person or thing cast off or rejected