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   advocacy

   /ˈadvəkəsi/

   noun

   • 1. public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy: "his outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends"
   • 2. the profession or work of a legal advocate: "solicitors should have a record of advocacy in the lower courts"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin advocatia, from advocare ‘summon, call to one's aid’ (see advocate).

   Scrabble Points: 19

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