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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for discountenance

Verb

1. discountenance, shame
usage: look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
2. discountenance, disapprove
usage: show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
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