vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the verb COUNTENANCE.
1628. H. Burton, Israels Fast, 5. To abhorre such countenancing of sin.
1680–90. Temple, Ess. Pop. Discontents, Wks. 1731, I. 263. The countenancing … the Customs and Habits of Industry.
