Thesaurus / discard
other words for discard
- abandon
- cancel
- dispense with
- dispose of
- ditch
- dump
- eliminate
- give up
- jettison
- reject
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- scrap
- shed
- abdicate
- abjure
- adios
- banish
- can
- cashier
- chuck
- deep-six
- desert
- dispatch
- dispossess
- divorce
- drop
- eject
- expel
- forsake
- junk
- oust
- protest
- relinquish
- repudiate
- cast aside
- do away with
- free of
- have done with
- part with
- put by
- shake off
- sweep away
- throw away
- throw out
- throw overboard
- toss aside
- write off
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Mr. Lincoln discard his logical faculties and reason with his heart?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: WAS HE A CHRISTIAN?JOHN B. REMSBURG
She did not want to encourage him to discard his winter leggings, and was doubtful what to say.
LAST WORDSJULIANA HORATIA EWING
Let the railways join in and discard his cars, and all would be well.
A TAME SURRENDER, A STORY OF THE CHICAGO STRIKECHARLES KING
If, as dealer, you wish to make four tricks in a suit with but three in sight, give the adversaries a chance to discard.
BRIDGE AXIOMS AND LAWSJ. B. ELWELL
That rode into the discard on the tumbrels of the Revolution.
THIRTYHOWARD VINCENT O'BRIEN
Would they discard the property of that class of citizens who depended upon it for their support and their wealth?
Do not discard the sandpaper stick or pencil sharpener used by a draftsman just because all the abrasive sheets have been removed.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUS
Modern advocates of the Bible in presenting the dogma of divine inspiration ask us to discard reason and accept it by faith.
THE BIBLEJOHN E. REMSBURG
To yield will be to discard his dearest friends: to resist will mean a national rising.
THE BLUE PAVILIONSSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH
Since high motives were ineffectual, Quixotic, ought he to discard them and come down to the ordinary level?
GULMORE, THE BOSSFRANK HARRIS
WORDS RELATED TO DISCARD
- abdicate
- back out
- bail out
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- cut loose
- desert
- discard
- discontinue
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dump
- dust
- flake out
- fly the coop
- give up the ship
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leg it
- let go
- opt out
- pull out
- quit
- run out on
- screw
- ship out
- stop
- storm out
- surrender
- take a powder
- take a walk
- throw over
- vacate
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- withdraw
- yield
- abdicate
- back out
- bail out
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- cut loose
- desert
- discard
- discontinue
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dump
- dust
- flake out
- fly the coop
- give up the ship
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leg it
- let go
- opt out
- pull out
- quit
- run out on
- screw
- ship out
- stop
- storm out
- surrender
- take a powder
- take a walk
- throw over
- vacate
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- withdraw
- yield
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- balance out
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- declare invalid
- discard
- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
- invalidate
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rule out
- set aside
- suppress
- vacate
- void
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