Basically it is someone's face. Like "to gaze upon her countenance with delight" translates to "to look at her face and be really happy about it".
In addition, it's like your expressions and attitude and face. Your looks + your demeanor.
It is arranged in order of time of occurance.
Her countenance was glowing!
Countenance is the appearance of a calm facial expression. A sample sentence using the word countenance is, Jane's face looked countenance when the dog jumped out in front of her.
face or visage for one meaning of countenance tolerate or accept for another meaning of countenance
His countenance turned from pleasant to angry at the words spoken by his boss. In this example countenance refers to facial expression. The company does not countenance corporate espionage. This example means to approve of or tolerate something, in this case corporate espionage.
The countenance refers to the face. Countenances means to approve or at least not object.
The more he was depressed the more his countenance fell.
I have no idea what the word countenance means. Is that good enough?
"countenance" can be a noun or an intransitive verb. Noun usage - "And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills" (form a Blake poem. Verb usage - "I will not countenance that sort of behavior."
As a noun: He had a sad countenance As a verb: You should not have countenanced his rudeness.
countenance:expression::soft:gentle countenance and expression are synonyms, and soft and gentle are synonyms too
Face. Visage.
Three.