Synonyms for plea
pliplea

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1. plea

   All these words express one's answer to a charge of wrong or error that is or might be made. Apology has undergone a remarkable change from its old sense of a valiant defense — as in Justin Martyr's Apologies for the Christian faith — to its present meaning of humble confession and concession. He who offers an apology admits himself, at least technically and seemingly, in the wrong. An apology is for what one has done or left undone; an excuse may be for what one proposes to do or leave undone as well; as, one sends beforehand his excuse for not accepting an invitation; if he should fail either to be present or to excuse himself, an apology would be in order. An excuse for a fault is an attempt at partial justification; as, one alleges haste as an excuse for carelessness. Confession is a full acknowledgment of wrong, generally of a grave wrong, with or without apology or excuse. Plea ranges in sense from a prayer for favor or pardon to an attempt at full vindication. Defense, exculpation, justification, and vindication are more properly antonyms than synonyms of apology in its modern sense, and should be so given, but for their connection with its historic usage. Compare CONFESS; DEFENSE.

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgment, apology, confession, defense, exculpation, excuse, justification, vindication

   Antonyms:
   accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, imputation, injury, insult, offense, wrong

   Preposition:
   An apology to the guest for the oversight would be fitting.

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1. plea

   Synonyms:
   excuse, vindication, justification, ground, defence, apology, entreaty

   Antonyms:
   charge, accusation, impeachment, action

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1. supplication, pleanoun

   a humble request for help from someone in authority

   Synonyms:
   prayer, supplication, invocation

2. pleanoun

   (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

   Synonyms:
   supplication

3. pleanoun

   an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

   Synonyms:
   supplication

Matched Categories

1. • Answer
   • Due Process
   • Entreaty
   • Law

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1. pleanoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) allegation

2. pleanoun

   Synonyms:
   defence, excuse, apology, justification, vindication

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1. pleanoun

   Synonyms:
   defense, excuse, apology, vindication, intercession, prayer, entreaty

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1. List of paraphrases for "plea":

   appeal, advocacy, average, call, exception, request, means, medium, way, 'appello, argument

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1. Bilal Shehu:

   By Bilal Shehu plea today, Bilal Shehu has accepted responsibility for Bilal Shehu conduct and is deeply remorseful for Bilal Shehu actions.

2. Manhattan US attorney:

   With today's plea, Tyurin's global reign of computer intrusion is over and Andrei Tyurin faces significant time in a Manhattan US attorney prison for Andrei Tyurin crimes.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   He took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs, oh, he plea bargained. Got him off with time served in the county jail, he’d been in the county jail about two months.

4. Paul Shechtman:

   At the first trial we argued that the $60,000 payment to Mr. Rechnitz was inappropriate, so I'm not surprised by today's plea, i respect Mr. Huberfeld greatly for admitting what he did, and for not admitting what he didn't do. Implicit in this plea is that he did not pay a bribe to Norman Seabrook.

5. William Pitt:

   Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.