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  1. 1. n. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An unkindness; a disobliging act. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To injure the form or looks of. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. the state of being out of favor Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551). Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone. 2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court. 3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon. 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift. 2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] B. Jonson. Source: webster
  10. 10. v:35/n:65 n. the state of being out of favor n. an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group Source: ecdict

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