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Support a voluntary courtesy (6)

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favour

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'support' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for favour that I've seen before include "Blessing" , "Goodwill - support" , "Prefer one over the other" , "Grace and - denotes housing granted by queen" , "Give support to - kind deed" .)

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