Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
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.
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
The object of regard; person or thing favored.
A gift or present; 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.
Appearance; look; countenance; face.
Partiality; bias.
A letter or epistle; - so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
Love locks.
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 treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.
To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.
The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor.
The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon.
Fortune; luck; - used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.
Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England.
Thanks.
A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.
Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree.
A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops.
To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.
To supply with heavenly grace.
To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
