Synonyms for PLEA
pliplea

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1. plea

   All these words express one's answer to a charge of wrong or error that is or might be made. Apology has undergone a remarkable change from its old sense of a valiant defense — as in Justin Martyr's Apologies for the Christian faith — to its present meaning of humble confession and concession. He who offers an apology admits himself, at least technically and seemingly, in the wrong. An apology is for what one has done or left undone; an excuse may be for what one proposes to do or leave undone as well; as, one sends beforehand his excuse for not accepting an invitation; if he should fail either to be present or to excuse himself, an apology would be in order. An excuse for a fault is an attempt at partial justification; as, one alleges haste as an excuse for carelessness. Confession is a full acknowledgment of wrong, generally of a grave wrong, with or without apology or excuse. Plea ranges in sense from a prayer for favor or pardon to an attempt at full vindication. Defense, exculpation, justification, and vindication are more properly antonyms than synonyms of apology in its modern sense, and should be so given, but for their connection with its historic usage. Compare CONFESS; DEFENSE.

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgment, apology, confession, defense, exculpation, excuse, justification, vindication

   Antonyms:
   accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, imputation, injury, insult, offense, wrong

   Preposition:
   An apology to the guest for the oversight would be fitting.

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1. plea

   Synonyms:
   excuse, vindication, justification, ground, defence, apology, entreaty

   Antonyms:
   charge, accusation, impeachment, action

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1. supplication, pleanoun

   a humble request for help from someone in authority

   Synonyms:
   plea, prayer, supplication, invocation

2. pleanoun

   (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

   Synonyms:
   supplication

3. pleanoun

   an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

   Synonyms:
   supplication

Matched Categories

1. • Answer
   • Due Process
   • Entreaty
   • Law

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1. pleanoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) allegation

2. pleanoun

   Synonyms:
   defence, excuse, apology, justification, vindication

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1. pleanoun

   Synonyms:
   defense, excuse, apology, vindication, intercession, prayer, entreaty

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1. List of paraphrases for "plea":

   appeal, advocacy, average, call, exception, request, means, medium, way, 'appello, argument

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1. Jeff Cooke:

   There was nothing that was agreed to, no plea was entered, no plea has been entered, and again, there was even a revised offer that did not include Breonna Taylor.

2. Tim Murtaugh:

   The president has been hard at work protecting the safety of Americans and also safeguarding the economy, while Joe Biden sits in his basement lobbing political hand grenades in a desperate plea for relevance.

3. Rodrigo Duterte:

   Regular Jobs Now. Duterte reiterated his plea for Congress to re-impose the death penalty for drug offenders and other criminals, and said he would not stop his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs. The fight will not stop until those who deal in (drugs) understand that they have to stop because the alternatives are either jail or hell, he said. PHILIPPINES CANCELS TALKS WITH COMMUNIST REBELS AMID ATTACKS Duterte also addressed the United States in his speech by demanding America give back three church bells that were seized more than a century ago in the Philippine village of Balangiga. Give us back those Balangiga bells…They are part of our national heritage ... return it to us, this is painful for us.

4. Sophie Pedder:

   Emmanuel Macron made this quite complicated plea for European sovereignty and there was silence from Germany, which had just had an election and it wasn't clear what the resulting government would look like.

5. Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings:

   This plea fully resolves the investigation of the Company, and we understand there is no ongoing investigation of Company personnel, the Company cooperated with the investigation, and we are satisfied that this matter is finally resolved.