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What does countenanced mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of countenance
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Our government must reaffirm its commitment to ending the use of torture and call to account the individuals who countenanced its use.
It does not appear that this absurd design was ever countenanced by the King.
It is irresponsible and it should not be engaged in, and it should not be countenanced.
The patronage of the world is not to be sought after, depended upon, or countenanced.
Capital punishment has been outlawed most places, and even where it is allowed, brutality of that kind would not be countenanced.
And efforts to frustrate remedial measures that should be implemented must not be countenanced.

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