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in favour of

in favour of is the alternative spelling of in favor of.

Meaning of in favor of

Preposition

in favor of

  1. (US) For; in support of; approving; supporting.
    • Many people are in favor of capital punishment.
    Synonyms:
    all for, pro
  2. (US) For the benefit of; to the order of.
    • He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.
    Synonyms:
    in behalf of
  3. (US) Out of preference for.
    • He left school after just three years in favor of a professional sports career.

Questions about in favour of

What is in favour of the alternative spelling of?
In favour of is the alternative spelling of in favor of.

Words near in favour of in the dictionary

  1. in fashion
  2. in favor
  3. in favor of
  4. in favor with
  5. in favour
  6. in favour of
  7. in fawn
  8. in fee
  9. in fief
  10. in fighting trim
  11. in finality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in favour of (page history and authors); in favor of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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