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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Intercession

/ĭnˌ-tẽrs-ĕsh'-ən/ · In·ter·ces·sion · IPA /ˌɪntərsˈɛʃən/
01 n. The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty i…
  1. 1.
    The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.
    “But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered.” — Rom. viii. 26.