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# intercession

«intercession» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of speaking up for someone to save them from harm…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural intercessions)

### meaning for a pupil

The act of speaking up for someone to save them from harm or punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercession/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a wife's plea, or a helper's request, that saves a person from being killed or punished

### examples

- Through his wife's intercession, the sultan spared the man's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercession/#x1)
- The prisoner was freed by the queen's intercession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercession/#x2)
- We did not get the prize, but the teacher's intercession helped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercession/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intercession» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercession/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.