supplication
/ˌsʌplɪˈkeɪʃn
/noun [mass noun]
The action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly: he fell to his knees in supplication...
- The women's defiant attitude was the greatest surprise to the authorities who expected tears, supplications and general weakness.
- His gesture is somewhere between surrender and supplication.
- Councils may be able to make their supplications to the State Government and Parliament but, in the end, they have to comply with the law.
Synonyms
entreaty, plea, appeal, petition, solicitation, exhortation, urge, prayer, invocation, suit, request, application;
beseeching, begging, pleading
archaic orison
rare imploration, obsecration
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