plea
//pliː//
Forms
- Plural
- pleas
Definitions
1.An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
- Even if only one person answers my plea for someone to correspond with it will be a blessing.
2.An excuse; an apology.
- No Plea must serve; ’tis cruelty to spare.
3.That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
4.That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4929
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English ple, from Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc., Latin an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placere (“to please”).