7
appreciation(noun, taste, weakness, fondness, partiality)
7
discretion(noun, feeling, drive, power, character)
7
favouritism
7
prepossession(noun, turn, desire, fancy, flash)
7
promotion(noun, organization, treatment, raise, progress)
6
cup of tea(noun, expression, idiom, feeling, desire)
6
decision(noun, part, feeling, understanding, drive)
6
favor(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
6
partisanship(noun, turn, flash, affection, inclination)
6
preferment(noun, support, break, advance, treatment)
6
proneness(noun, set, feeling, love, turn)
5
advantage(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
5
antecedence(noun, lead, importance, rank, arrangement)
5
darling(noun, choice, prime, favorite, pet)
5
discrimination(noun, understanding, taste, pick, judgment)
5
elevation(noun, support, break, advance, treatment)
5
nepotism(noun, bias, favoritism, preferentialism)
5
precedency(noun, lead, rank, superiority, precedence)
5
soft spot(noun, expression, feeling, love, desire)
5
strong liking
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