Dis*fa"vor (?), n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. d'efaveur.] >[Written also disfavour.]
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.
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Dis*fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfavored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring.]
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.
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