1. pleading - noun
· (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
Hypernym(s): statement
2. plead - verb
· appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
3. plead - verb
· offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
Hypernym(s): apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise
4. plead - verb
· enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
Hypernym(s): declare
5. plead - verb
· make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
Hypernym(s): allege, aver, say
6. pleading - adjective
· begging
Synonym(s): beseeching, imploring
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