Definition for Pleading:

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

Synonyms for Pleading:

• n.

  •
  • black,
  • brooding,
  • bleak,
  • dark,
  • absent,
  • darkly,
  • bug-eyed,
  • curious,
  • beatific.
  •
  • order,
  • summons,
  • request,
  • application,
  • demand,
  • solicitation,
  • appeal,
  • entreaty.
  •
  • continuance,
  • evidence,
  • deposition,
  • exhibit,
  • appearance,
  • habeas corpus,
  • closing argument,
  • examination,
  • case.
  •argument (noun)
  • ex changes,
  • de-bate,
  • ex-change,
  • de-fenses,
  • de-bates,
  • ex-changes,
  • re monstrance,
  • de bate,
  • ex postulations,
  • de fenses,
  • ex-postulations,
  • line reasoning,
  • re-monstrance,
  • ex postulation,
  • re monstrances,
  • ex change,
  • ex-postulation,
  • re-monstrances,
  • de bates.
  •communication (noun)
  • pleading.
  •importunate (noun)
  • importunate.
  •persuading (noun)
  • urging.
  •plea (noun)
  • OUTS,
  • fish tale,
  • cop-outs,
  • cop-out,
  • copout.
  •prayer (noun)
  • beseechings,
  • in vocations,
  • in vocation,
  • in-vocations,
  • re-quests,
  • answer adorations,
  • implorings,
  • re quests,
  • in-vocation,
  • beggings.
  •urging (noun)
  • co-axing,
  • drivings,
  • co axing,
  • coaxings.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

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

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.

Pleading Sentence Examples:

• His brave pleading for the King's life was a deed that deserves to live.

• She won, with much pleading, a sort of troubled half - assent from him.

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.