Synonyms of the word supplication


SUPPLICATIONAPPEAL - ENTREATY - INVOCATION - ORISON - PETITION - PLEA - PRAYER - WORSHIP

supplication

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

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.

invocation

  • n. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially, prayer offered…
  • n. A call or summons, especially, a judicial call, demand, or order.
  • n. (law) Enforcement to the implementation & application of a right or liberty of just justification.

orison

  • n. A prayer.

petition

  • n. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
  • n. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
  • n. (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
  • n. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
  • v. To make a request, commonly in written form.

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.

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.

worship

  • n. (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
  • n. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
  • n. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
  • n. (by extension) The ardent love of a something.
  • n. An object of worship.
  • n. Honour; respect; civil deference.
  • v. (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises…
  • v. (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  • v. (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.

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