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Advocacy

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

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Drumbeat 76% connected

The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

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Insistence 76% connected

The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

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Urging 76% connected

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Preach 74% connected

To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to d…

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Preach 74% connected

To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to d…

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Aid noun · 78% connection

the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the house…

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Assist noun · 78% connection

the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the house…

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Assistance noun · 78% connection

the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the house…

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Development noun · 78% connection

the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exp…

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Exploitation noun · 78% connection

the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exp…

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Globalisation noun · 78% connection

growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"

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Globalization noun · 78% connection

growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"

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Help noun · 78% connection

the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the house…

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Impoverishment noun · 78% connection

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

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Indicator noun · 78% connection

a device for showing the operating condition of some system

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Inequality noun · 78% connection

lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Advocation noun · 78% connection

The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pleading, supporting, work, advocating, intercession.
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Affirmative pleading noun · 78% connection

any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pleading, supporting, work, advocating, intercession.
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Alternative pleading noun · 78% connection

a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on

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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

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Center noun · 78% connection

A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

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Conclusion noun · 78% connection

The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc.

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Conservatism noun · 78% connection

a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pleading, supporting, work, advocating, intercession.
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Conservativism noun · 78% connection

a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

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Consumerism noun · 78% connection

a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers

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Defective pleading noun · 78% connection

any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency

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Democratic adjective · 78% connection

characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic co…

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Departure noun · 78% connection

The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

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Fissiparous adjective · 78% connection

having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"

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Free-soil adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856.

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Gnosticism noun · 78% connection

a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pleading, supporting, work, advocating, intercession.
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Homoeomerical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first princi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pleading, supporting, work, advocating, intercession.
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Horse power unknown · 78% connection

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pleading, supporting, work, advocating, intercession.
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Intercede verb · 78% connection

To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -…

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