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This set method removes an element but does not raise an exception if the element is not found.

discard
erase
remove
delete

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Final answer:

discard.

The set method that removes an element without raising an exception if the element is not found is called 'discard'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The method you are referring to is discard. In many programming languages that support sets, such as Python, the discard method is used to remove an element from a set if it is a member.

If the element is not a member, discard does nothing and does not raise an exception.

This is in contrast to the remove method, which will raise an exception if the element is not found in the set. The terms erase and delete are not typically used in the context of set operations.

In Python, the discard method is used in sets to remove an element if it is present. If the element is not found in the set, discard does nothing and does not raise an exception.

This is different from the remove method, which also removes an element but raises a KeyError if the element is not present in the set.

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