discarding

Definitions

The act of getting rid of something that is no longer useful or desirable.

In card games, the act of removing a card from one's hand and placing it in a discard pile.

Examples

She spent the afternoon discarding old documents that were no longer needed.

By discarding his outdated beliefs, he was finally able to embrace a new perspective.

Synonyms

dumping scrapping jettisoning rejecting shedding disposing abandoning

Antonyms

keeping retaining saving preserving hoarding maintaining collecting