Synonyms of the word

entreaty

• n. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
• n. (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

appeal

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
• v. (transitive, law, chiefly US, informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior…
• v. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to…
• v. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid.
• v. (intransitive) To be attractive.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by…
• v. To summon; to challenge.
• v. To invoke.
• n. (law).
• n. A summons to answer to a charge.
• n. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
• n. Resort to physical means; recourse.
• n. The power to attract or interest.

asking

• v. present participle of ask.
• n. The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
• n. (Rare in the singular) A request, or petition.

prayer

• n. A practice of communicating with one's God.
• n. The act of praying.
• n. The specific words or methods used for praying.
• n. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
• n. A request; a petition.
• n. (mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.
• n. One who prays.

request

• n. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
• n. A formal message requesting something.
• n. Condition of being sought after.
• n. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
• v. to express the need or desire for.
• v. to ask somebody to do something.