discarding
Getting rid of
Discarding is throwing something away or getting rid of it.
The word implies deliberate removal of what's unwanted or no longer useful: discarding old newspapers, discarding outdated ideas.
In card games, discarding means removing cards from your hand, usually to the discard pile: She kept the ace while discarding the rest.
Act of taking away
- jettisoningDeliberately throwing away
- scrappingDiscarding as worthless
- deletingRemoving from existence
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
effacement · expulsion · ejection · extraction · purging · weeding · culling · excision
Designed for discard
- junkWorthless discarded items
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
refuse · scraps · litter · detritus · garbage · leftovers · remnants · dross
Periodic shedding of covering
- sloughingDiscarding dead outer layers
- peelingComing off in strips
- flakingShedding in layers
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
casting off · skin · scales · feathers · fur · hair · leaves · bark
Make less complex
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- tidyFree from clutter
- unclutterRemove unnecessary items
- organizePut into systematic order
streamline · downsize · neaten · spruce · disentangle · purge · cleanse · detoxify
Act of declining
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- declineDecrease or refuse
spurn · repudiate · rebuff · dismissal · renounce · disown · disavow · exclude
Improving discarded materials' value
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- reuseEmploy something again
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
salvage · reclaiming · recovery · conversion · transformation · donation · resale · secondhand
removal
Act of taking away
- jettisoningDeliberately throwing away
- scrappingDiscarding as worthless
- deletingRemoving from existence
expunging · effacement · expulsion · ejection · extraction · purging · weeding · culling · excision · obliteration
throwaway
Designed for discard
rubbish · refuse · scraps · litter · detritus · garbage · leftovers · remnants · dross · flotsam
molting
Periodic shedding of covering
exfoliation · casting off · skin · scales · feathers · fur · hair · leaves · bark · antlers
simplify
Make less complex
organize · streamline · downsize · neaten · spruce · disentangle · purge · cleanse · detoxify · sort
refusal
Act of declining
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
decline · spurn · repudiate · rebuff · dismissal · renounce · disown · disavow · exclude · ignore
upcycling
Improving discarded materials' value
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- reuseEmploy something again
reclamation · salvage · reclaiming · recovery · conversion · transformation · donation · resale · secondhand · thrifting
- wastingsquandering, frittering, splurging, overspending, misusing
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, donation
- getting rid ofunload, dump, shed, offloading, jettison
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- tidyingtidying, tidy, tidying up, declutter, cleaning
discardingkeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · retention · preserving · saving · storing
discardingacquiring
Gaining possession of
collecting · gathering · accumulating · obtaining · amassing
discardingcherishing
Holding something deeply valued
treasuring · valuing · supporting · embracing · prizing
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