discountenance

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But when Hamilton pleaded a second time, Reverend Moore agreed, provided that if he lived, Hamilton would “employ all your influence in society to discountenance this barbarous custom.”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2016

With affability, not anger, does he discountenance the evildoer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Fairfax skilled to discountenance indignities, replied: "I am standing here on my two feet—and here I stay!"

From Time Magazine Archive

They did not, as was generally reported, decide to discountenance Loucheur's efforts at an agreement with Britain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jos� Candido, usually known as Pepe Hillo, brought about a great revival of the corrida after the Bourbons had sought to discountenance the sport of the nobility.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)