INTERCESSION Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

intercession

noun

Definition of intercession

as in prayer

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Recent Examples of intercession Not all birth rituals depended on the intercession of a saint or the authority of a churchman. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 While parishioners gathered at a church near her mother’s home for intercession, Savannah Guthrie pleaded on Instagram. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 The salvific intercessions of a goddess would have been needed. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026 This is not the first time the Bears have risen to heavenly heights amid suspicions of supernatural intercession. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intercession

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Noun

Just over one week later, as the families continue to grieve and finalize the teens’ funeral plans, their thoughts and prayers are being sent to their friend in the hospital still fighting for his life.

— Eric Adler July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
His sisters and mother, clad in black and gold, gripped their own prayer cards.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of prayer

Noun

Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Like the appeals made by women during the antiquity to midwife goddesses, prayer and supplication were ways to affirm intentions for healthy pregnancies, calm labors, and living children.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of supplication

Noun

As part of his petition, Kohberger also filed a motion and affidavit in support of appointment of counsel.

— Alex Brizee July 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
The injunction petition said she was later taken into custody under Florida's Baker Act, which allows authorities to temporarily detain a person for a mental health examination under certain circumstances.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of petition

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Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Speaking of this weekend's North Wilkesboro sermon, how about the invocation before Sunday night's Cup race?

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of invocation

Noun

His defense and the prosecution had agreed to a plea deal that would result in a fine and no probation or jail time, the attorneys said in court.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Her husband, Cailen Waddell, shared an impassioned plea for Liz’s safe return in a July 24 Facebook post.

— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

Definition of plea

Noun

An appeal, on the other hand, can only consider evidence that’s already in the record and is typically filed when a defendant is questioning a judge’s decision.

— Alex Brizee July 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
At the same time, Ghana and other African nations have made more deliberate appeals to descendants of the diaspora through citizenship, residency, tourism and investment initiatives.

— Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of appeal

Noun

That electric swing, and catalytic moment, buys him a level of grace with a fan base, and franchise, that few athletes ever enjoy.

— Mac Engel July 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026
Black Panther was my very first film, and I was invited to create something really cool with a lot of grace, with a lot of safety.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 July 2026

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