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Definitions of discountenance:

  • verb:   show disapproval by discouraging
    Example: "Any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
  • verb:   look with disfavor on
    Example: "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"


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