any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced.
Examples of discountenance
discountenance
True Christians do not hate anyone, they discountenance the principle of male to male, or female to female in the marriage concept.
From the ideas.time.com
President Brand had been far too sagacious to be led away by this pseudo-nationalist dream, and did his utmost to discountenance the Bond.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They must, for instance, discountenance the production of unnecessary commodities of luxury when common sense indicates the need for food and other essentials.