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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\ (f[=a]"v[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), adjective [Written also {favourable}.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See {Favor}, noun]

1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak.

Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps. lxxxv. 1.

2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.

A place very favorable for the making levies of men. --Clarendon.

The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. --Sir W. Temple.

3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Fa"vora*ble*ness}, noun -- {Fa"vor*a*bly}, adverb

The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

favorableness

noun