plea
195
3.9
- noun
- /pliː/
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súplica
- Mel finished his talk with a plea to let go of past wrongs.
- plea for help
- impassioned plea
- plea for peace
If I can make only one plea to you, don't do it.
- If I can make only one plea to you, don't do it.
- Now let me do a shameless plea for donations for when Georgia smiled.
- He spurned his father's pleas and left him to his fate.
- For a decade Ed Briny listens to his wife's pleas as she begs him to do something.
- We won't always make the arrest, but at least they know that their plea for help has been heeded.
- And you know, I'd, you know, my closing comment and plea is to members of your generation.
- So with criticism mounting, Trump did something even crazier than making a plea to Russian hackers.
- Nazis deny his pleas and a few hours into the push he dies.
- If I can't make, if I can't make a plea that shows people how we feel about doing this.
- Sometimes this question is a curiosity and sometimes this question is a plea to help a person avoid it.
- It was the same sentiment she'd once conveyed to the Ocean Queen, a plea that had fallen on death ears.
- Now the UNIA did eventually petition the League of Nations calling for Southwest African self rule, but their pleas fell on deaf ears.
Examples
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Moreover, the government is responding to pleas for action in a more responsible fashion.
Academic text (1992) -
And yes, a plea to stay out of it, which is much more complex and interesting.
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I come to send a plea o' help.
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- Please, I beg you to hear our plea.
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We won't always make the arrest, but at least they know that their plea for help has been heeded.
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Their words were quiet prayers, good-byes, and pleas for salvation from the forces that had turned against them.
Fiction book (1990) -
The charity made a heartfelt plea for donations to help the homeless.
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She wrote a plea to the governor, asking for assistance in improving local schools.
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His plea for understanding was met with compassion from the audience.
Synonyms
289
2.5
A serious request to someone in charge asking for help
11
4.6
A request made to a god for help or blessing
8
8.7
A humble request for help from someone in power or from God
7
7.6
A serious, urgent request for help or forgiveness
1
9.9
A quiet prayer you say to a god
A strong, urgent request for help
A serious, strong request for someone to do something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
64
4.2
An agreement where a person accused of a crime admits guilt to a smaller charge to get a lighter sentence
- Formal
6
7.3
A claim in court that a person was mentally ill when they did a crime and not responsible for it
- Specialized
6
4.5
A deal where someone accused admits guilt to a smaller charge to avoid a trial
- Specialized
1
8.4
A claim that a person is not to blame for a crime because of mental illness
How Earnest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plea comes from an old Latin word that meant 'to please' and is related to the modern word please. So making a plea is like trying to 'please' someone in charge so they will help you, which is why a plea is an urgent request.