discountenance

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But when Hamilton pleaded a second time, Reverend Moore agreed, provided that if he lived, Hamilton would “employ all your influence in society to discountenance this barbarous custom.”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2016

They did not, as was generally reported, decide to discountenance Loucheur's efforts at an agreement with Britain.

From Time Magazine Archive

American principles of fair play discountenance attempts to condemn a person by compelling him to disclose his own transgressions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Fairfax skilled to discountenance indignities, replied: "I am standing here on my two feet—and here I stay!"

From Time Magazine Archive

We must take it upon ourselves to discountenance the town gossip wherever we hear it, always taking care that the young man learns nothing of the rumours concerning him.

From The Lonely House by Streckfuss, Adolph