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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. plead

    To plead for one is to employ argument or persuasion, or both in his behalf, usually with earnestness or importunity; similarly one may be said to plead for himself or for a cause, etc., or with direct object, to plead a case; in legal usage, pleading is argumentative, but in popular usage, pleading always implies some appeal to the feelings. One argues a case solely on rational grounds and supposably with fair consideration of both sides; he advocates one side for the purpose of carrying it, and under the influence of motives that may range all the way from cold self-interest to the highest and noblest impulses; he pleads a cause, or pleads for a person with still more intense feeling. Beseech, entreat, and implore imply impassioned earnestness, with direct and tender appeal to personal considerations. Press and urge imply more determined or perhaps authoritative insistence. Solicit is a weak word denoting merely an attempt to secure one's consent or cooperation, sometimes by sordid or corrupt motives.

    Synonyms:
    advocate, argue, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, press, solicit, urge

    Preposition:
    Plead with the tyrant for the captive; plead against the oppression or the oppressor; plead to the indictment; at the bar; before the court; in open court.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pleadverb

    appeal or request earnestly

    "I pleaded with him to stop"

  2. pleadverb

    offer as an excuse or plea

    "She was pleading insanity"

  3. pleadverb

    enter a plea, as in courts of law

    "She pleaded not guilty"

  4. pleadverb

    make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pleadverb

    Synonyms:
    (Law.) make an allegation, carry on a suit

  2. pleadverb

    Synonyms:
    reason, argue, offer reasons, use arguments

  3. pleadverb

    Synonyms:
    apologize, offer apology or justification, make defence

  4. pleadverb

    Synonyms:
    allege, offer in excuse

  5. pleadverb

    Synonyms:
    argue, discuss, defend, maintain by arguments

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pleadverb

    Synonyms:
    reason, argue, apologize, defend, advocate, intercede

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "plead":

    invoke, argue, advocate

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How to use plead in a sentence?

  1. Joshua Wong:

    I choose to plead guilty in this case to show, as an organizer of civil disobedience, I am willing to bear legal responsibility, although there's a chance I might be put in jail, I have no regrets.

  2. Ben Coker:

    Peggy Richards'll have to get up here in front of the court and plead guilty to the charges, but as far as outlining what Peggy Richards did, I wouldn't expect that.

  3. Brandon Garrett:

    In this country, many uses of force are not crimes, criminal charges are rare, and we've seen grand juries decline to indict in high-profile cases, unlike the vast bulk of criminal cases that result in convictions through guilty pleas, many police officers do not plead guilty and they are successful in trial.

  4. David Gregory:

    To hear them plead guilty basically was what we wanted to hear, but the sentencing part of it, that's questionable.

  5. Hedy Bohm:

    Those who commit crimes today must know they will be held responsible in the future, and never again will they be able to just plead 'I'm a cog in the machinery, I didn't kill'.


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