INTERCESSIONS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

intercessions

noun

plural of intercession

as in petitions

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Noun

The move was so broken that players across the country started online petitions to try and get the EA developers to nerf Judkins' spinning.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Opponents are urging other residents to sign petitions and write letters to the zoning and wetlands commissions, and to attend their hearings to speak against the project.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of petitions

Noun

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
Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

Definition of invocations

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Lower courts had tossed out the last-ditch appeals to save Bruce by concluding the animal rescue lacked a concrete interest in the dog's survival sufficient to challenge the dangerousness finding by local authorities.

— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
If successful, the appeals could potentially lead to lower costs tied to the jury trial awards.

— Sean Emery, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of appeals

Noun

Alicent makes similar entreaties to Rhaenyra, offering to divide the kingdom, with Aegon in charge of the stormlands, westerlands, the Reach and rule from Oldtown, with everything to the north going to Rhaenyra.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
These are the people who will likely be most amenable to negotiations or personal entreaties.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 June 2026

Definition of entreaties

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The government pushed forward with its exit policy despite pleas to hold off from industry associations who said their members need the Haitian workers to help sustain operations.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
Trump reportedly watched the violence on television from the White House, refusing pleas from conservative television hosts, aides, and family members to call for an end to the violence.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

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