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verb (used with object)
1.
to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
2.
to show disapproval of: The teachers discountenanced smoking by the students.
noun
3.
disapproval; disapprobation.
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Discountenance
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So is discomfit. Does it mean:
| take out of the place of interment |
| disconcert |
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discountenance
"put to shame," 1580, from M.Fr. descontenancer "to abash," from des- "dis-" + contenancer (see countenance).
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