Some of these traditions remain supported by the administration, while others are officially discouraged.

It's got nothing to do with me; serving officers are officially discouraged from playing politics, you know.

Negative terms relating to former members have been officially discouraged since documents issued in 2009.

Contacts outside the Zone were officially discouraged; the authorities made no bones about that.

Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present.

The portrayal of nudes was officially discouraged in 17th-century Spain.

Put to such use, artists were expected to entertain, and the notion that they might provoke or even shock was officially discouraged.

Attempts to police the religious, cultural, economic and sexual activities of the people have been largely abandoned, although Christian evangelism is officially discouraged.

If peace does come, Syria will probably shut down training camps and officially discourage violence against Israel.