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advocation

advocation

8.2
An act of pleading in court to support someone
  • noun
  • /ˌæd.vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : abogacía
  • The lawyer provided a strongadvocation for his client's innocence during the trial.

Examples

  • Hisadvocation for equal rights was evident in his passionate defense during the debate.

  • In her speech, she gave an impassionedadvocation for environmental conservation.

  • "Rule capriciously, I have often pleaded in advocations that you don't read, my omniscient cherub.

    Fiction book (1996)

Antonyms

abandonment
18 4.9

Stopping support or care for someone who depends on you

disavowal
  • Formal
2 8.1

A public statement saying you have no knowledge of or connection to something

How Forceful

defense
  • US
460 1.4
advocation
  • Archaic
8.2
plea
195 3.9
statement
  • Formal
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

advocation singular
advocations plural

Morphology

advocation = advocate (transparent) = advocate + ion

Formed by standard nominalization of the verb 'advocate' with '-ion' meaning 'the act or process of advocating', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Advocation comes from old Latin parts ad- 'to' and vocare 'to call', the same idea you see in advocate and voice. Think of someone being 'called' to speak for another; that's why advocation means speaking up or pleading for someone in court.