Definition of favor

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Favor (n.) Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

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Fair :: Fair (adv.) Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.
Malign :: Malign (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets..
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer..
Request :: Request (v. t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor..
Lucky :: Lucky (superl.) Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour..
Humoralist :: Humoralist (n.) One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
Wholesome :: Wholesome (superl.) Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
Stare :: Star-crossed (a.) Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Proslavery :: Proslavery (a.) Favoring slavery.
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like..
Ingratiate :: Ingratiate (v. i.) To gain favor.
Monopolist :: Monopolist (n.) One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.
Posset :: Posset (n.) A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly..
Misrepresentation :: Misrepresentation (n.) Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives..
Favor :: Favor (n.) The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending..
Recommend :: Recommend (v. t.) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..
Face :: Face (n.) Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases..
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
Tidy :: Tidy (superl.) Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather..
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