Favour and Good

Favour

Favour noun - An act of gracious kindness.

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Good and favour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Good" instead a noun "Favour".

Nearby Words: favoured, favouring, favourer

Good noun - Something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing.

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Favour and good are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Favour" instead a noun "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

good	good favour	good good
nice	nice favour	nice good
best	best favour	best good
particular	particular favour	particular good
Other adjectives: public, big, great, evil, little, greater.

In a meta sense, this trope is used because a good character that is suddenly made extremely powerful and deadly can tip the scales too heavily in the favour of good.

Source: Good Is Impotent
However, the chances of the trial going in your favour is dependant on the Hand's Diplomacy stat, instead of the Stewardship the Council position technically judges them on, so a good Hand is someone who is good in both stats, not just Stewardship.

Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings II Game Of Thrones Mod
Crime and grime are on the rise and respect for law and order - from both criminals and their victims - begins to decline in favour of the good old fashioned "heads blown off" method.

Source: The '70s

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