interceding
Pleading for another
Interceding is stepping in on someone's behalf, typically to plead their case or mediate a dispute.
The word implies speaking to someone in power to help another: She interceded with the principal to get her son's suspension reduced.
Saints are said to intercede with God for believers.
To intercede in a conflict is to intervene as a third party: The UN interceded to prevent further bloodshed.
Non-court binding dispute resolution
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
reconciler · facilitator · intermediary · broker · peacemaker · negotiator · harmonizer · moderator
Urgent heartfelt request
- petitionFormal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
lobbying · championing · vouching · representing · defense · supporting · beseeching · imploring
Address to deity
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
devotion · petition · absolution · rosary · novena · litany · confession · purgatory
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
delegation · bilateral · multilateral · accord · pact · consulate · attaché · statecraft
Placing something between others
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- insertionPlacing something within
- involvementState of being engaged
intrusion · disruption · interruption · separating · defusing · de-escalation
arbitration
Non-court binding dispute resolution
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
conciliator · reconciler · facilitator · intermediary · broker · peacemaker · negotiator · harmonizer · moderator · advocate
pleading
Urgent heartfelt request
- petitionFormal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
entreaty · lobbying · championing · vouching · representing · defense · supporting · beseeching · imploring · solicitation
prayer
Address to deity
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
blessing · devotion · petition · absolution · rosary · novena · litany · confession · purgatory · heavenly
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- treatyBinding pact between nations
summit · delegation · bilateral · multilateral · accord · pact · consulate · attaché · statecraft · protocol
interposition
Placing something between others
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- insertionPlacing something within
involvement · intrusion · disruption · interruption · separating · defusing · de-escalation
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- directing flowchanneling, funneling, directing, routing, piping
- pleadingpleading, begging, beseeching, imploring, entreating
intercedingstaying neutral
standing aside · standing by · abstaining · withdrawing · keeping out
intercedingobstructing
Blocking forward movement
hindering · blocking · impeding · opposing · undermining
intercedingescalating
Increasing by degrees
inflaming · provoking · instigating · aggravating · inciting
succeed, proceed, recede, intervene, precede, concede, cede, precedent, accede