Favour
Spare
Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Ouroboros only agreed to spare them after the Slave King offered him a favour.
Source: Fanfic / The Great Slave King -
Springtime for Hitler: In "Caligula", the patricians who declare publicly that they will offer their lives if the gods spare Caligula's in an attempt to curry favour with him are forced to carry out their promises when Caligula recovers.
Source: Series / The Caesars
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