countenance

[coun·te·nance]

The noun countenance means the face or its expression. If you're a great poker player, you probably have a calm countenance.

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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

Noun
the appearance conveyed by a person''s face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"

Noun
the human face (`kisser'' and `smiler'' and `mug'' are informal terms for `face'' and `phiz'' is British)

Noun
formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union''s endorsement"

Verb
consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won''t let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"


v. t.
To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

v. t.
To make a show of; to pretend.


Countenance

Coun"te*nance (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countenanced (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. Countenancing.] 1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason.
Error supports custom, custom countenances error.
2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.]
Which to these ladies love did countenance.

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Usage Examples

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

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Other Usage Examples

I feel there's a power in theatre, but it's an indirect power. It's like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things you can't afford to countenance in waking life. You can forget them, remember them a day later or not have any idea what they are about.

And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

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