Countenanced

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of countenance form-of, participle, past

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allowapproveapprovedauthorizebackcondone

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"Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced."

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