Favor
Favor noun - An act of kind assistance.
Supporting and favor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supporting" instead a noun "Favor".
Supporting
Supporting noun - The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening.
Favor and supporting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Favor" instead the word "Supporting" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A speaker resorting to impugning motives attacks the speaker's personal reasons for supporting a position rather than their arguments in favor of supporting the position.
Source: Ad Hominem -
The idea of a world-destroying villain in favor of supporting living in anywhere but on land itself is later recycled on Moonraker, which is later recycled on Nightfire.
Source: Recycled Script - Eventually he comes back around to supporting Onishi, but that's after he's fallen from favor with the ruling circle and become a rebel himself.
Source: Phlebotinum Rebel
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