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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king" [syn: disfavor, disfavour]
2: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group [syn: disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval] v
1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour] [ant: advantage]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. (US disfavor) --n. 1 disapproval or dislike. 2 the state of being disliked (fell into disfavour). --v.tr. regard or treat with disfavour.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disfavor Dis*fa"vor, n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. d['e]faveur.] [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Note: in AM, use 'disfavor' If someone or something is in disfavour, people dislike or disapprove of them. If someone or something falls into disfavour, people start to dislike or disapprove of them. (FORMAL) He was in disfavour with the ruling party... N-UNCOUNT: usu in/into N