Synonyms of the word

plea

• n. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
• n. An excuse; an apology.
• n. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
• n. (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
• n. (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
• n. (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
• n. (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
• v. (chiefly England regional, Scotland) To plead; to argue.

answer

• n. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
• n. A solution to a problem.
• n. (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
• v. (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
• v. To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
• v. (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
• v. To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
• v. To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
• v. To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform;…
• v. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification;…
• v. To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
• v. (obsolete) To render account to or for.
• v. (obsolete) To atone; to be punished for.
• v. (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

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.

entreaty

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

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.

supplication

• n. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
• n. A prayer or entreaty to a god.