| discount | (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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| (verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
| discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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| (verb) look with disfavor on | - |
| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| discourse | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
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| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
| (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
| miscount | (verb) count wrongly | - |
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| scour | (verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | Synonyms: flush, purge |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: abrade |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scrub |
| (verb) examine minutely | - |
| scourge | (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste |
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| (verb) whip | Synonyms: flagellate |
| (verb) punish severely; excoriate | - |
| scout | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, reconnoitre |
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