countenance

1. The appearance conveyed by a person's face (synset 104686906)
   "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
   is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
   subtypes:

   • aspect, expression, face, facial expression, look - the feelings expressed on a person's face
   • poker face - a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)
   same as: visage
2. Formal and explicit approval (synset 106700103)
   "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
   is a type of: approval, commendation - a message expressing a favorable opinion
   subtypes:

   • o.k., ok, okay, okeh, okey - an endorsement
   • visa - an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
   • nihil obstat - the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church
   same as: endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant
3. The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) (synset 105609112)
   domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   is a type of: face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
   subtypes: pudding face, pudding-face - a large fat human face
   is a part of: human head - the head of a human being
   same as: kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage

1. Consent to, give permission (synset 200803980)
   "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"
   is a type of: accept, consent, go for - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
   subtypes:

   • abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate - put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   • furlough - grant a leave to
   • give - allow to have or take
   • allow, permit, tolerate - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
   • authorise, authorize, clear, pass - grant authorization or clearance for
   • admit, include, let in - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
   • favor, favour, privilege - bestow a privilege upon
   • decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize - make legal
   • trust - allow without fear
   • admit, allow in, intromit, let in - allow to enter; grant entry to
   same as: allow, let, permit
   verb group: allow, grant - let have

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