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The meaning of the word "Favor" in English


Favor n. : Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

Favor n. : The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.

Favor n. : A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.

Favor n. : Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

Favor n. : The object of regard; person or thing favored.

Favor n. : A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.

Favor n. : Appearance; look; countenance; face.

Favor n. : Partiality; bias.

Favor n. : A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

Favor n. : Love locks.

Favor n. : To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.

Favor n. : To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

Favor n. : To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.

Example:
What would be good to use as a Favor for my sisters bridal shower?

Taxonomy
goodwill, regard, appearance, Countenance, Dictionary, Synonyms, privileges, token, kindness, partiality, Wedding favors, approval, affection, remembrance, decorative gift, word origin, Dictionary of Idioms, king.

Defination from the web:
Favor - Definition of Favor at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Favor. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... This sense of favor goes back to early modern English: "This young lord Chamont/Favors my mother" (Ben Jonson) ... 

synonyms
  (noun) favour
  (noun) party favor
  (noun) party favour
  (noun) advantage
  (noun) approval
  (noun) benignity
  (noun) disposition
  (noun) inclination
  (noun) keepsake
  (noun) kindness
  (noun) relic
  (noun) souvenir
  (noun) tendency
  (noun) token
  (noun) vantage
  (verb) prefer
  (verb) favour
  (verb) privilege
  (verb) advance
  (verb) allow
  (verb) consider
  (verb) countenance
  (verb) elevate
  (verb) kick upstairs
  (verb) let
  (verb) permit
  (verb) promote
  (verb) raise
  (verb) reckon
  (verb) regard
  (verb) save
  (verb) see
  (verb) spare
  (verb) upgrade
  (verb) view


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