Noun
Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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