transcription, транскрипция: [ kaʊntɪnəns ]
( countenances, countenancing, countenanced)
1.
If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen. ( FORMAL )
Jake would not countenance Janis’s marrying while still a student.
VERB : usu with brd-neg , V n
2.
Someone’s countenance is their face. ( LITERARY )
N-COUNT