intercession

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noun

1. a prayer to God on behalf of another person
• Hypernyms:
prayer, petition, orison
2. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
- it occurs without human intervention
• Syn:
intervention
• Derivationally related forms:
intercede, intervene (for: intervention)
• Hypernyms:
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
• Hyponyms:
mediation, intermediation