discardv. t.1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).()2. 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.)3. To put or thrust away; to reject.()A man discards the follies of boyhood. (I. Taylor.)()v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.()n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.()