discarding

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.(Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards). [1913 Webster]

2.To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. [1913 Webster]

They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

3.To put or thrust away; to reject. [1913 Webster]

A man discards the follies of boyhood.— I. Taylor.

Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier. [1913 Webster]