pleading
noun
[ ˈpliːdɪŋ ]
• the action of making an emotional or earnest appeal to someone.
• "he ignored her pleading"
• a formal statement of the cause of an action or defence.
• "counsel for the plaintiffs wanted to amend the pleadings"
pleading
adjective
• making an emotional appeal.
• "he gave her a pleading look"
plead
verb
• make an emotional appeal.
• "she pleaded with them not to gag the boy"
Similar:
beg,
entreat,
beseech,
implore,
appeal to,
petition,
supplicate,
importune,
pray to,
request,
ask earnestly,
call on,
adjure,
apply to,
solicit,
obsecrate,
• present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context.
• "the idea that in public relations work someone is paid to plead a special case is disliked"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘to wrangle’): from Old French plaidier ‘go to law’, from plaid ‘discussion’ (see plea).
