discountenance

/dˈɪskaʊntənəns/

[verb]

to discountenance

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to clearly show disapproval, which can discourage others from a particular action or behavior

Examples

1. [laughter] Number two is "discountenance."

2. Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.