Meaning of Plea | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
2. An excuse; an apology.
3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
4. That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
5. An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
6. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
7. A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.

Equivalents

Examples

“Even if only one person answers my plea for someone to correspond with it will be a blessing.”

“a plea for mercy”

“make a plea”

“Necessity, the tyrant’s plea.”

“No Plea must serve; ’tis cruelty to spare.”

“they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.”

CEFR level