Definition of "favor" []

• A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted: do someone a favor. (noun)
• Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support: won the favor of the monarch; looked with favor on the plan. (noun)
• A state of being held in such regard: a style currently in favor. (noun)
• Unfair partiality; favoritism. (noun)
• A privilege or concession. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I've been voting since 1972, and the only thing I'm sure they're in favor is tax cuts to the rich – which hasn't done a darn thing to help any one of us average Americans."
• "The branch of government currently most in favor is the Judicial."
• "The only one showing even a plurality in favor is the wacky NY Times/CBS surveythat managed to generate a 46 percent undecided number."