Partiality; bias
A small gift; a party favor.
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
To look upon fondly; to prefer.
To use more often.
To encourage, conduce to
To treat with care.
An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.
The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.