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dis⋅coun⋅te⋅nance

  [dis-koun-tn-uhns] verb, -nanced, -nanc⋅ing, noun
–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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Origin:
1570–80; dis- 1 + countenance

Related forms:
dis⋅coun⋅te⋅nanc⋅er, noun
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dis·coun·te·nance   (dĭs-koun'tə-nəns)   
tr.v.   dis·coun·te·nanced, dis·coun·te·nanc·ing, dis·coun·te·nanc·es

  1. To view or treat with disfavor.

  2. To put out of countenance; disconcert.

n.  Disfavor or disapproval.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

discountenance 
"put to shame," 1580, from M.Fr. descontenancer "to abash," from des- "dis-" + contenancer (see countenance).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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