War and Peace vocabulary

In that circle they discountenanced those who advised hurried preparations for a removal to Kazan of the court

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 10 (Book Ten) . Simon & Schuster

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‘Mrs’ was a word somewhat discountenanced by the Party— you were supposed to call everyone ‘comrade’— but with some women one used it instinctively.

George Orwell. 1984 (1949)