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discountenance

[dis-koun-tn-uhns] / dɪsˈkaʊn tn əns /
VERB
reject, oppose
Synonyms
STRONG
condemn deprecate disapprove discourage disesteem disfavor dispute resist
WEAK
count me out discommend frown on hold no brief for not go for not stand for object to put down take a dim view of take exception to
Antonyms
STRONG
agree approve endorse go along
WEAK
back countenance sanction support
VERB
embarrass, disconcert
Synonyms
STRONG
abash chagrin confuse discomfit discompose faze humiliate rattle shame
Antonyms
STRONG
soothe
WEAK
approve back countenance sanction support

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When I relieve Merit from Discountenance,   when I assist a Friendless Person, when I produce conceal'd Worth, I   am displeas'd with my self, for having design'd to leave the World in   order to be Virtuous.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph