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discountenance (verb), discountenances; discountenanced; discountenancing
1. To refuse to approve of something: Jake's family discountenanced smoking cigarettes and the excessive drinking of alcohol.
2. To disturb the composure of a person: Peggy was not discountenanced by her fellow student's accusation that she was cheating on the vocabulary test.
To look upon with disfavor and to discourage by expressing disapproval.
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This entry is located in the following units: -ance, -ancy (page 4) dis-, di-, dif- (page 12) ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence (page 4)