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   discard

   verb

   • 1. get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable: "Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded"
   • ▪ (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play (a card that is neither of the suit led nor a trump), when one is unable to follow suit: "West led a heart and East was able to discard his club loser"

   noun

   • 1. a thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.
   • ▪ (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a card played which is neither of the suit led nor a trump, when one is unable to follow suit.

   Word Origin late 16th century (originally in the sense ‘reject (a playing card’)): from dis- (expressing removal) + the noun card1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. discardable adjective

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