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pliplea
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, vindicationAntonyms:
accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, imputation, injury, insult, offense, wrongPreposition:
An apology to the guest for the oversight would be fitting.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
plea
Synonyms:
excuse, vindication, justification, ground, defence, apology, entreatyAntonyms:
charge, accusation, impeachment, action
Princeton's WordNet
supplication, pleanoun
a humble request for help from someone in authority
Synonyms:
prayer, supplication, invocationpleanoun
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
Synonyms:
supplicationpleanoun
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
Synonyms:
supplication
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
pleanoun
Synonyms:
(Law.) allegationpleanoun
Synonyms:
defence, excuse, apology, justification, vindication
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pleanoun
Synonyms:
defense, excuse, apology, vindication, intercession, prayer, entreaty
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PLEA
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| #203 | way | |
| #374 | call | |
| #627 | request | |
| #754 | means | |
| #774 | average | |
| #1346 | ground | |
| #1614 | medium | |
| #2077 | argument | |
| #2141 | defense | |
| #2842 | appeal | |
| #3974 | exception | |
| #4201 | prayer | |
| #4979 | defence | |
| #6420 | advocacy | |
| #8557 | excuse | |
| #10672 | justification | |
| #12702 | plea | |
| #16794 | confession | |
| #17325 | apology | |
| #20457 | acknowledgment | |
| #21135 | invocation | |
| #56537 | vindication | |
| #66281 | supplication | |
| #134925 | entreaty |
How to use plea in a sentence?
This is a plea from me to the Trump administration -- the new American administration -- break out from the wrong approaches of the past and which did not arrive at a result. And perhaps to grab the opportunity presented by Hamas' document.
They've reached a plea deal with a proven liar and( are) sending a signal to the world : If you tell us what you want to hear you get a nice big deal.
The complication of the past 24 hours with the Paul Manafort plea agreement having imploded almost sets the table with a circumstantial case of obstruction, any pardon now would look like a reward to Paul Manafort for an extraordinary kind of double-cross of the prosecutor here both promising to be truthful and not being so, then funneling information to Donald Trump -- which I can not tell you how extraordinary it is.
I’ve never seen a case in history that somebody took a plea agreement so quickly, a case was completely ended and not investigated, and there’s all these different theories because normally this would be going on in a trial for years. And it was only two months to this plea agreement. And that’s what caught me.
I want y' all to know that I've got y' all's best interests at heart, it's a strong plea, and based on the evidence we have, it's a good plea.
Translations for plea
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- حجةArabic
- апел, молба, извинение, петицияBulgarian
- Bitte, Plädoyer, Appell, Flehen, Verteidigung, Entschuldigung, ErsuchenGerman
- pledoEsperanto
- alegatoSpanish
- oikeusjuttu, vastaus, selitys, puolustus, tekosyy, puolustelu, perustelu, anomus, vastine, vetoomusFinnish
- supplication, appelFrench
- mentség, kifogás, kérvény, ürügy, védőbeszédHungarian
- permohonanIndonesian
- richiestaItalian
- 嘆願, 弁解Japanese
- ಮನವಿKannada
- rechtszaak, smeekbede, pleidooi, zaakDutch
- проше́ние, пети́ция, заявле́ние, [[суде́бный]] [[проце́сс]], [[суде́бный]] [[акт]], призы́в, иск, тя́жба, мольба́, жа́лоба, оправда́ние, про́сьба, предло́гRussian
- grundSwedish
- בקשהYiddish
- 懇求Chinese
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