Advocacy is the way in which lawyers deal with cases in court. [formal] Sir Peter would also like to see the current adversarial system of advocacy examined by the royal commission.
Connotation is a meaning that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal definition. Today the word has different meanings, but it is always used for the contrast of a word or phrase with its primary, literal meaning (known as a denotation). That can be an implied value judgement or feelings.
1. an act or instance of connoting. 2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: The word home often has the connotation âa place of warmth and affection.â Compare denotation (def. 1). 3. intension (def. 5).