supplication
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- religious service part holonym
Related & opposite
- appeal derivation
Sense 2 noun
a humble request for help from someone in authority
Types & categories
- appeal hypernym
Related & opposite
- supplicate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
the priest sank to his knees in prayer
Types & categories
- worship hypernym
- devotion hyponym
- benediction hyponym
Related & opposite
- pray derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | religious service |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | orison |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rogation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplicate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pray |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worship |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | devotion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | benediction |