Plea — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a humble request for help from someone in authority

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/plˈiː/

🇬🇧British English

/plˈiː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/plˈiː/

1 syllable Say it as /plˈiː/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

supplication

Word Forms

supplicate

verb

ask humbly (for something)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Plädoyer

eine bescheidene Bitte um Hilfe von jemandem mit Autorität

🇫🇷French

plaidoyer

une humble demande d'aide de la part d'une personne en position d'autorité

🇪🇸Spanish

súplica

una humilde solicitud de ayuda de alguien con autoridad

🇮🇹Italian

supplica

un'umile richiesta di aiuto da parte di qualcuno che ha autorità

🇳🇱Dutch

pleiten

een bescheiden verzoek om hulp van iemand met autoriteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

declarar

um humilde pedido de ajuda de alguém com autoridade

🇷🇺Russian

просьба

скромная просьба о помощи к кому-то из авторитетов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दलील

किसी प्राधिकारी से मदद के लिए विनम्र अनुरोध

🇧🇩Bengali

আবেদন

কর্তৃপক্ষের কারো কাছ থেকে সাহায্যের জন্য একটি বিনীত অনুরোধ

🇮🇳Tamil

வேண்டுகோள்

அதிகாரத்தில் உள்ள ஒருவரிடமிருந்து உதவிக்கான பணிவான வேண்டுகோள்

🇮🇳Telugu

మనవి

అధికారంలో ఉన్నవారి నుండి సహాయం కోసం వినయపూర్వకమైన అభ్యర్థన

🇮🇳Marathi

विनवणी

अधिकाऱ्यातील एखाद्याकडून मदतीची नम्र विनंती

🇮🇳Gujarati

અરજી

સત્તાવાળા કોઈની મદદ માટે નમ્ર વિનંતી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮನವಿ

ಅಧಿಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಯಾರಿಗಾದರೂ ಸಹಾಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ವಿನಮ್ರ ವಿನಂತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപേക്ഷ

അധികാരത്തിലുള്ള ഒരാളുടെ സഹായത്തിനായുള്ള എളിയ അഭ്യർത്ഥന

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਨਤੀ

ਅਥਾਰਟੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਮਦਦ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਨਿਮਰ ਬੇਨਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

التجا

اتھارٹی میں کسی سے مدد کی عاجزانہ درخواست

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恳求

向权威人士提出卑微的请求

🇯🇵Japanese

嘆願

権威のある人に助けを求める謙虚な要請

🇰🇷Korean

항변

권위 있는 사람에게 겸손하게 도움을 요청하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lời thú tội

một yêu cầu khiêm tốn để được giúp đỡ từ một người có thẩm quyền

🇹🇭Thai

ขอร้อง

คำร้องขอความช่วยเหลือจากผู้มีอำนาจอย่างต่ำต้อย

🇮🇩Indonesian

permohonan

permintaan bantuan yang rendah hati dari seseorang yang berwenang

🇵🇭Filipino

pagsusumamo

isang mapagpakumbabang paghingi ng tulong mula sa isang may awtoridad

🇲🇾Malay

rayuan

permintaan rendah untuk bantuan daripada seseorang yang berkuasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نداء

طلب متواضع للمساعدة من شخص في السلطة

🇮🇷Persian

درخواست

درخواست متواضعانه برای کمک از کسی که دارای قدرت است

🇹🇷Turkish

savunma

yetkili birinden mütevazı bir yardım talebi

🇮🇱Hebrew

טַעֲנָה

בקשה צנועה לעזרה מבעל סמכות

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The primary meaning of 'plea' is 'a humble request for help from someone in authority'.

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