Dictionary entry

Disfavor

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐fa″vor (?), n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur.] [Written also disfavour.] 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551).

Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone.

2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.

3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.

He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.