| Main Entry: |
discard |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
get rid of |
Synonyms: |
abandon,
abdicate,
abjure, adios,
banish,
can*,
cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six,
desert,
dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess,
ditch, divorce, do away with,
drop,
dump, eject,
eliminate,
expel,
forsake, free of,
give up, have done with, jettison,
junk*,
oust, part with,
protest, put by,
reject,
relinquish,
remove,
renounce, repeal,
repudiate,
scrap, shake off,
shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off
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Antonyms: |
embrace, keep, retain
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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