discards

noun

Anything discarded.

A discarded playing card in a card game.

(programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

verb

(transitive) To throw away, to reject.

To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

(intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not charta-card · Greek · paper, card

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