behalf

Noun

Meaning

Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

for on behalf of nome use place point support service side value good cause help interest love
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Antonyms

bane depression badness jinx damage cross
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Hypernyms

place position interest sake lieu stead

Phrases with the word

on behalf of for and on behalf of behalf of myself behalf of the family behalf of the father action on behalf

Examples

The church is a hospital, and not a courtroom, for souls. She does not condemn on behalf of sins, but grants remission of sins. John Chrysostom

It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. Ignatius of Antioch

The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality. Talcott Parsons

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. William Cobbett

No one drinks medicine on behalf of a sick person. South African Proverb

Do not walk in God's ways on someone else's behalf. Bambara Proverb

Close letter words and terms

behabitive behad Behaghelian behalf of myself behalf of the family behalf of the father