Definition of Countenance

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Definition of Countenance
	Countenance To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. To make a show of; to pretend. Related Definitions: Abet, Aid, Approve, Encourage, Favor, Make, Of, Pretend, Show, To

Countenance Quotations

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
Les Brown

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
Charles Dickens

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
Charles Dickens

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.
Charles Dickens

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
King Solomon

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.
Honore De Balzac

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.
Giacomo Casanova

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
Thomas Fuller

Countenance Translations

countenance in German is Antlitz {n}, Miene {f}
countenance in Latin is oris, vultus
countenance in Spanish is semblante
countenance in Swedish is uppsyn, ansikte, min

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