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not countenance

VERB

oppose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue assail attack debate defy deny disagree dispute face fight prevent protest resist

STRONG

assault bar battle bombard check combat confront contradict controvert counter counterattack cross disapprove encounter expose gainsay hinder neutralize reverse taunt thwart withstand

WEAK

call in question face down fly in the face of frown at run counter to search out speak against stand up to take a stand take issue take on turn the tables

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept agree aid allow comply give in go along harmonize help retreat support surrender yield

STRONG

approve assist encourage forward make peace permit

WEAK

favor join participate

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Everyone knows that Rikers is worse than a hellhole, the kind of place a civilized society should not countenance, but its problems, despite decades of sound advice from special commissions and elsewhere, seem intractable.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

We are looking literally right now on Twitter at someone who will not countenance any sort of challenge to authority, or the rightness of his positions, or the idea that he could learn something.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

“But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action. The war powers … do not countenance that result. It’s not right.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

"At that point it was 'get a compromise or let all the restrictions fall' and I could not countenance that," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2020

I could not countenance that we would abandon the town.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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