countenanced
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Verb
countenanced verb
- To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.“The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.”
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approvesanctionsupporttolerateacceptedcondonedsupportedtoleratedpermittedcondoningallowedcondonespermissiblecondonepermittingencouragedallowableallowing