To throw away, to reject.
To make a discard; to throw out a card.
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
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 abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.
To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.