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countenance (noun, verb):
noun
1a: look, expression
b: mental composure
c: calm expression
2: face, visage – especially : the face as an indication of mood, emotion, or character
3: bearing or expression that offers approval or sanction : moral support
4: obsolete : bearing, demeanor
verb
: to extend approval or toleration
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : The countenance familiar to modern speakers does not bear an obvious resemblance to its Latin root continere, meaning “to hold together” (a root it shares with contain). But the path between continere and countenance becomes clearer when we think of the figurative “holding together” present in the idea of restraint. When countenance was first used in English (having traveled from Latin through Anglo-French) it referred to a person’s appearance or behavior—their demeanor—which is a product of restraint, or the lack thereof. And from “demeanor” it was just a hop, skip, and a jump to “facial expression.” A few centuries after that development, in the late 16th century, countenance faced a new task head-on—use as a verb meaning “to extend approval or toleration to.”
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