pleas

nounbegging request
nounexcuse, defense

Synonyms for pleas

noun begging request

Antonyms for pleas

Word Origin & History

early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please). Sense development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "something that pleases both sides," to "something that has been decided." Meaning "a pleading, an agreement in a suit" is attested from late 14c. Plea-bargaining is first attested 1963. Common pleas (early 13c.) originally were legal proceedings over which the Crown did not claim exclusive jurisdiction (as distinct from pleas of the Crown); later "actions brought by one subject against another."

Example Sentences for pleas

I will hear no pleas, I will receive no letter, nor expostulation.

Captain Dan's pleas for quiet evenings together at home went for nought.

Their pleas had gone against the prisoners—at least against Ralph.

And would these pleas diminish your desire to have his heart's blood?

Make amends to Her, then Sarki Kazunzumi will give his ear to your pleas.

Brilliana waved his pleas away with a dainty, impatient flourish.

That is why I decline to hear his pleas, whatever they may be.

Or the smooth brow Of a pleas'd sire, that slaves me to his will?

She slowly shook her head, tempted not the least by my pleas.

He wouldn't listen to her side, her arguments, her protests, her pleas.