All 5 Uses of
advocate
in
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?
*advocate = publicly support
- I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws.†
- In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist.†
- If today I lived in a Communist country where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocate disobeying that country's antireligious laws.†
- The other force is one of bitterness and hatred, and it comes perilously close to advocating violence.†
Definition:
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(advocate as in: to advocate) to recommend or publicly support (someone or something)