Ĭn’ter-cĕs’sion, n.

(-sĕsh’un), n. [Lat. intercessio; Fr. intercession, Sp. intercesion, It. intercessione. See INTERCEDE.]

1. The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconciliation.
2. Prayer or solicitation to one party in favor of, or, less often, against, another.

Your intercession now is needless grown; Retire, and let me speak with her alone. Dryden.