plead
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
appeal or request earnestly
I pleaded with him to stop
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Sense 2 verb
offer as an excuse or plea
She was pleading insanity
Types & categories
- rationalize hypernym
Sense 3 verb
enter a plea, as in courts of law
She pleaded not guilty
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beg |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjure |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rationalize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleading |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleading |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | counsel |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | aver |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | demur |