Approve and Favor

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Approve

Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Favor is a synonym for approve in prefer topic. In some cases you can use "Favor" instead a verb "Approve", when it comes to topics like praise, agree something is good.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Favor

Favor verb - To have a favorable opinion of.

Usage example: if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it

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Approve is a synonym for favor in prefer topic. You can use "Approve" instead a verb "Favor", if it concerns topics such as praise.

Nearby Words: favored, favoring, favorer

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Ethan's family is very annoyed that he has largely abandoned their war in favor of his girlfriend's social crusade, and his brother Kai doesn't approve of Ethan's choice of girlfriend.

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