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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"

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S: (n) countenance (countenance%1:07:00::), visage (visage%1:07:00::) (the appearance conveyed by a person's face) "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
S: (n) sanction (sanction%1:10:00::), countenance (countenance%1:10:00::), endorsement (endorsement%1:10:00::), indorsement (indorsement%1:10:00::), warrant (warrant%1:10:02::), imprimatur (imprimatur%1:10:00::) (formal and explicit approval) "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
S: (n) countenance (countenance%1:08:00::), physiognomy (physiognomy%1:08:00::), phiz (phiz%1:08:00::), visage (visage%1:08:00::), kisser (kisser%1:08:00::), smiler (smiler%1:08:00::), mug (mug%1:08:00::) (the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British))

S: (v) permit (permit%2:32:00::), allow (allow%2:32:00::), let (let%2:32:02::), countenance (countenance%2:32:00::) (consent to, give permission) "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"