Anagrams of: COUNTERMINING

• look down on with disdain

• not congruent

• To cut a mortise in.

• To join by a mortise and tenon.

• To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

• arriving at a place or position

• entering upon a position of office vacated by another

• the act of entering

• remaining in force or being carried on without letup

• persisting for a long time

• give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• turn away from; give up

• cast off

• an act of narration