Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. plea

   Antonyms:
   charge, accusation, impeachment, action

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

Matched Categories

1. • Answer
   • Due Process
   • Entreaty
   • Law

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. supplication, pleanoun

   a humble request for help from someone in authority

   Synonyms:
   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

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1. pleanoun

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

How to use plea in a sentence?

1. Gregory Hutchings:

   The first couple (snow days) are OK, when you get into five, six, enough is enough. I have a plea with Mother Nature to ease up a little bit.

2. Orange County:

   Roby agreed to a plea deal today that will land him in prison for 5 years for Exploitation of an Elderly Person and Grand Theft of more than $100,000.

3. Virginia Roberts Giuffre:

   We need her to talk, but she doesn't deserve a plea deal, surviving Jeffrey Epstein.

4. Cherise Fanno Burdeen:

   Low-risk people who can't afford to post bond spend days, weeks, months in jail until they take a plea or their cases are actually dropped, it has a dramatic impact on people.

5. Harlan Hill:

   Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz doesn't seem to be named nor referenced in Mr. Greenberg's plea, florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has never had sex with a minor and has never paid for sex. Mr. Greenberg has now pleaded guilty to falsely accusing someone else of sex with a minor. That person was innocent. So is Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz.

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