s, a, o, d, e, n, c, t, i, u are letters that make 'discountenance'
disco, disc, countenance, AN, te, nan, NT, UN, SC, nance, Sc, en, Nan, ten, CE, discount, count, CO, NC, Dis, Ce, Co, Na, Te are words within 'discountenance'
2 possible definitions for 'discountenance'
Under this definition, discountenance is a verb and has the following properties:
'discountenance' can be a type of disapprove.
"any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
Under this definition, discountenance is a verb and has the following properties:
'discountenance' can be a type of shame.
"The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"