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plea

noun

1 plea

A humble request for help from someone in authority.

synonym: supplication.

Roget 468: counter evidence; evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand; conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence; disproof, refutation etc. 479; negation etc. 536.    plea ... show more

Roget 617: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse etc. (vindication) 937; ... show more

Roget 937: vindication, justification, warrant; exoneration, exculpation; acquittal etc. 970; whitewashing.    extenuation; palliation, palliative; softening, mitigation.    ... show more

Roget 969: lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute etc. 713.    citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation ... show more

Dutch: bede, pleidooi, smeekbede, supplicatie

2 plea

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

Dutch: smeekbede, rechtszaak, zaak, pleidooi

3 plea

An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed.


Moby thesaurus: adjuration, alibi, answer, apology, appeal, application, argument, argumentum, beseechment, bid, call, case, clamor, cons, consideration, counterstatement, cry, defence, defense, demurrer ... show more.

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