pleading
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
(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
Types & categories
- statement hypernym
- affirmative pleading hyponym
- alternative pleading hyponym
- answer hyponym
- charge hyponym
- complaint hyponym
- defective pleading hyponym
- demurrer hyponym
- rebutter hyponym
- replication hyponym
- rejoinder hyponym
- special pleading hyponym
- surrebutter hyponym
- surrejoinder hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bill of Particulars part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
begging
Related & opposite
- imperative antonym
- adjuratory similar to
- importunate similar to
- mendicant similar to
- petitionary similar to
- precatory similar to
- suppliant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plead |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plead |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bill of Particulars |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | statement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affirmative pleading |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alternative pleading |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | answer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | complaint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defective pleading |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demurrer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebutter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | replication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rejoinder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | special pleading |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | surrebutter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | surrejoinder |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | imperative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | adjuratory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | importunate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | mendicant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | petitionary |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | precatory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | suppliant |