countenancing
Meaning of countenancing
verb
- To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.
Information about countenancing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of countenancing
coun-te-nanc-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 letters.
- countenancing is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
countenancing synonyms
Meaning :
approve, sanction, support, tolerate
Words that rhyme with countenancing
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