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      favor
      noun
      A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
      Goodwill; benevolent regard.
      A small gift; a party favor.
      The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
      (law) Partiality; bias
      Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
      (archaic, chiefly Northern England) A resemblance, likeness.
      (obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
      (historical) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
      (archaic) A letter, a written communication.
      verb
      To look upon fondly; to prefer.
      To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
      To use more often.
      To encourage, conduce to
      (in dialects, including Southern US and Cajun) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
      To treat or use (something) gently
      Roots
      faverefavor- · Latin · to favor
      Synonyms for favor
      prefervpreferencenvotenpartialitynprivilegendeferencenleniencynpredilectionn
      Words related to favor
      disfavornfavorablyadvadvantagingnfavorableadjlenitynopposedadjexpedientialmislikeopposesvprepossessedvbenefitedvlikingnpreferentialadjlopsidedlyadvsubservevapprobativeadjadvantagesn

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