Translation of "favere" into English

Rocque magis « structurarum peccati » introductioni favet, de quibus diximus.

And this favors even more the introduction of the "structures of sin" of which I have spoken.

Secundum sancti Thomae Aquinatis mentem (25) haec ipsa ratio potissimum favet privato dominio instrumentorum rerum effectionis.

In the mind of Saint Thomas Aquinas25, this is the principal reason in favour of private ownership of the means of production.