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discountenance - Dictionary definition and meaning for discountenance
DISCOUNTENANCE
(verb) show disapproval by discouraging
"any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
(verb) look with disfavor on
"The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
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Mnemonics for discountenance
(Tag: ) dis=opposite, countenance=agreement=> opposite of countenance
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