discard
discard is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To put or thrust away; to reject. A man discards the follies of boyhood. I. Taylor.
- 3.To make a discard.
- 4.The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- abjure
- about
- abrogation
- abstain
- abstinence
- all
- alone
- and
- apart
- argument
- aside
- avast
- away
- back
- bad
- behind
- bid
- break
- cancel
- cast
- cave
- cease
- cede
- cessation
- cession
- chosen
- close
- coach
- course
- culls
- day
- declare
- declination
- decline
- deed
- defection
- deny
- depart
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is discard.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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