Advocacy

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  • noun. The act of pleading or arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea, or policy; active support.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal.
  • noun. A lawsuit; a plea or pleading: as, “advocacies newe,”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the profession of an advocate
  • noun. the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something
  • noun. the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
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