intercession
noun
[ ˌɪntəˈsɛʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of intervening on behalf of another.
• "he only escaped ruin by the intercession of his peers with the king"
Similar:
mediation,
intermediation,
negotiation,
arbitration,
conciliation,
intervention,
interposition,
involvement,
action,
pleading,
petition,
entreaty,
supplication,
good offices,
agency,
shuttle diplomacy,
mediatorship,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intercessio(n- ), from the verb intercedere (see intercede).
