entreaty
noun
[ ɪnˈtriːti ]
• an earnest or humble request.
• "the king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties"
Similar:
plea,
appeal,
request,
petition,
cry from the heart,
suit,
application,
claim,
beseeching,
pleading,
begging,
solicitation,
importuning,
supplication,
bidding,
exhortation,
urge,
demand,
enjoinment,
prayer,
cri de cœur,
impetration,
obtestation,
obsecration,
imploration,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘treatment, management’; formerly also as intreaty ): from entreat, on the pattern of treaty .
