Definitions for the word "favor" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The object of regard; person or thing favored.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Appearance; look; countenance; face.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Partiality; bias.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Love locks.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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