plea
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a humble request for help from someone in authority
Types & categories
- appeal hypernym
Related & opposite
- supplicate derivation
Sense 2 noun
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
Types & categories
- answer hypernym
- counterplea hyponym
- dilatory plea hyponym
- insanity plea hyponym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 3 noun
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
Types & categories
- due process hypernym
Parts & wholes
- trial part holonym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplicate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | answer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterplea |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilatory plea |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | insanity plea |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | trial |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | due process |