Definition for Pleading:

• Act of a pleader, who supports by arguments; argument in a suit.

Synonyms for Pleading:

• n.

  •
  • entreaty,
  • solicitation,
  • appeal.
  •
  • case.
  •persuading (noun)
  • urging.

• v.

  •apologizing (verb)
  • defending,
  • Regretting,
  • Repenting,
  • answering,
  • Atoning,
  • Confessing,
  • Apologizing.
  •appealing (verb)
  • greeting,
  • Soliciting,
  • imploring,
  • Entreating,
  • Accosting,
  • Petitioning,
  • approaching,
  • beseeching,
  • enticing,
  • Begging,
  • Applying,
  • Supplicating,
  • Requesting,
  • inviting,
  • Addressing,
  • buttonholing,
  • appealing.
  •requesting (verb)
  • inquiring,
  • bidding,
  • probing,
  • demanding,
  • Desiring,
  • seeking,
  • wanting,
  • requisitioning,
  • Querying,
  • summoning,
  • wishing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • defense,
  • justice.
  •Other relevant words:
  • complaint,
  • cover,
  • blind,
  • beg,
  • pleasant,
  • Ignoratio Elenchi,
  • perversion,
  • talking point,
  • rationalize,
  • alternative pleading,
  • beseech,
  • chicane,
  • adjuratory,
  • rejoinder,
  • apology,
  • Impetration,
  • wrestle,
  • sour grapes,
  • importunate,
  • equivocation,
  • pro,
  • consideration,
  • exception,
  • soft,
  • allege,
  • cons,
  • defence,
  • representation,
  • persuasive,
  • Obtestation,
  • defend,
  • white lie,
  • advertise,
  • supplicatory,
  • special pleading,
  • pleadingly,
  • moonshine,
  • casuistry,
  • allegation,
  • point,
  • merciful,
  • pretense,
  • justify,
  • shift,
  • expound,
  • precative,
  • quiddity,
  • declare,
  • deprecatory,
  • conjuration,
  • surrejoinder,
  • contention,
  • reasoning,
  • mystification,
  • supplication,
  • rebuttal,
  • chicanery,
  • vindicate,
  • response,
  • reply,
  • considerate,
  • Imploratory,
  • insistent,
  • con,
  • precatory,
  • earnest,
  • affirmative pleading,
  • Mediating,
  • sympathetic,
  • riposte,
  • nonsense,
  • advocacy,
  • avow,
  • suppliant,
  • rationalise,
  • evasion,
  • decipher,
  • Paralogy,
  • entreat,
  • answer,
  • Suppliance,
  • pray,
  • Obsecration,
  • plead,
  • demurrer,
  • flattery,
  • reason,
  • suit,
  • argue,
  • apologise,
  • invoke,
  • supplicant,
  • annoying,
  • explain,
  • replication,
  • pretext,
  • denial,
  • excuse,
  • prayerful,
  • untruth,
  • Elenchus,
  • bar,
  • compete,
  • legal profession,
  • argument,
  • absolve,
  • petition,
  • imploringly,
  • position,
  • beseechingly,
  • argumentum,
  • logic,
  • counterstatement,
  • defective pleading,
  • friendly,
  • jesuitry,
  • acknowledge,
  • assert,
  • makeshift,
  • adjuration,
  • sophistry,
  • likable,
  • likeable,
  • interpret,
  • pros and cons,
  • bothersome,
  • implore,
  • troublesome,
  • counsel,
  • affirmative defense,
  • argue over,
  • justification,
  • objection,
  • refutation,
  • agreeable,
  • exigent,
  • pros,
  • speciousness,
  • word sense,
  • contend,
  • apologize,
  • attest,
  • claim,
  • assertion,
  • Imprecatory.

Paraphrases for Pleading:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    plea.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    appeals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    proceeding, writing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    appealing, Declaring, Litigating, Petitioning, Advocating, lapsing, Alleging, Proclaiming, complaining, urging, commemorating, inviting, demanding, upholding, Availing, supporting, asserting, arguing, defending, asking, Invoking, Soliciting, contending, Submitting, Recognizing, Implying, Claiming, Citing, Requesting, requests, Referring, pressing, insisting, seeking, Lobbying, Begging, Relying, pointing, Stating, remembering, proceeding, writing.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    argument.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Acknowledging, Admitting, calling.

Hypernym for Pleading:

• n.

  • communication
    charge, defective pleading, alternative pleading, replication, surrejoinder, complaint, rejoinder, rebutter, pleading in the alternative, answer, special pleading, demurrer, surrebutter, rebuttal, surrebuttal, affirmative pleading.

Hyponym for Pleading:

• n.

  • communication
    statement.

Meronym for Pleading:

• n.

  • communication
    bill of particulars.