discountenancing
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To Gabon's 6,000 Frenchmen that meant only one thing: the U.S. had been behind the abortive coup in hopes of discountenancing le grand Charles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several bond houses wrote back, politely but firmly discountenancing the notion of preferring stocks to bonds as investments.
From Time Magazine Archive
What the hour demanded were poets who, discountenancing any mistrust of the natural emotions, should give them free rein.
From English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Ernest Bernbaum
This implies dealing discreetly with the offender instead of directly discountenancing him.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
Patronage would have been resented hotly, and Kate learned by a series of discountenancing experiences that friendship would not come--any more than love--at beck and call.
From The Precipice by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
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