To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
To throw away, to reject.
To make a discard; to throw out a card.
A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
Anything discarded.
A discarded playing card in a card game.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.
To ratify; to make valid.
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.