advocacy

advocacy
n
1. support, backing, patronage, active espousal, maintenance, sustenance, Obs. advocation; countenance, favor, endorsement, subscription, sanction, recommendation, approval, approbation, blessing, grace, sponsorship, auspices or auspice, good offices, kind regard; defense, championship, relief, help, aid, assistance.
2. speaking for, pleading for, arguing for, speaking well or highly or warmly of, having or putting a good word in for; supporting, seconding, maintaining, sustaining, upholding, defending; espousing, favoring, countenancing, subscribing to, taking the side of, falling in with, joining oneself to, associating oneself with, lending one's name to; taking the part of, taking up or espousing or adopting the cause of, standing up for, siding with or taking sides with, standing behind; recommending, urging, propagating, endorsing, puffing, singing the praises of, Sl. touting, Sl. hyping

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