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pleading

/ˈpliːdɪŋ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Pleading means: begging.

Synonyms for pleading11

adjective, as in begging

beseeching, imploring, adjuratory, importunate, mendicant, petitionary, precatory, precative, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory

What does pleading mean?2

adjective

1

begging

noun

1

(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pleading?15

three syllables

misleadingprecedingproceedingsucceedingexceedingconcedingreceding
Show 40 near rhymes
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Pleading in a sentence

  • It's no use pleading because they'll never give in.CM
  • Have you been threatened or coerced into pleading guilty?CK
  • He gave up running for mayor after pleading guilty to drunken driving.ET
  • He stares at me for a few seconds with a pleading look.felidad
  • Santiago started pleading with his mother for forgiveness.Amastan
  • Yanni was pleading with Skura not to leave him alone.Amastan
  • Miroslav was pleading with Anna to talk to him.Amastan
  • She took out a full-page ad in the newspaper pleading for help in finding her kidnapped daughter.darinmex

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Forms of pleading

as a noun

plural
pleadings