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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: contenance 'behavior', from Latin continentia 'holding back from doing what you want, continence', from continere; CONTAIN

countenance

1 noun
     
coun‧te‧nance1
[countable] literary your face or your expression:
All colour drained from her countenance.
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