plea
plea is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common. The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. Laws of Massachusetts.
- 2.That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology. "Necessity, the tyrant's plea." Milton. No plea must serve; 't is cruelty to spare. Denham.
- 3.An urgent prayer or entreaty. Pleas of the crown (Eng. Law), criminal actions.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolution
- absolve
- acquit
- acquitment
- acquittal
- acquittance
- action
- assoil
- bargain
- bis
- cause
- civil
- clear
- clearance
- color
- compurgation
- deal
- diplomatic
- discharge
- drop
- exculpate
- exculpation
- exonerate
- exoneration
- for
- forgive
- forgiveness
- free
- from
- get
- guilty
- guise
- immunity
- impunity
- let
- liable
- liberate
- not
- off
- ostensibly
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is plea.
- What is a cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common. The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. Laws of Massachusetts called?
- What is that which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology. "Necessity, the tyrant's plea." Milton. No plea must serve; 't is cruelty to spare. Denham called?
- What is an urgent prayer or entreaty. Pleas of the crown (Eng. Law), criminal actions called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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