Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-COUN'TE-NANCE
DIS-COUN'TE-NANCE, n.
Cold treatment; unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. – Clarendon.
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