Definition of "countenanced" [countenanced]

• Simple past tense and past participle of countenance. (verb)

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• "So she talked to the young man of his mother, and he showed her the daguerrotype of the girl he loved; and at last she confided to him her anxieties for Betty's manners and the Governor's health, and her timid wonder that the Bible "countenanced" slavery."
• "In the original trial presided over by Justice Cowdroy, "countenanced" was considered to be the same as direct approval."
• "For these couples and the community that countenanced their behavior, marriage was not tightly bound for life; marital bonds could be broken."