the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
n. Advowson.
n. The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of advocating; a pleading for; plea; apology.
n. In Scots law, a form of process, now obsolete, the object of which was to remove a cause from an inferior to the supreme court for review or continuance.
Word Usage
"Osborn's comments do not contribute academically to this discussion in any way, rather they attack Wilde and her so-called advocation of "destroying a child's life.""