Plea
noun
A request for something, especially a serious or emotional one.
Her eyes were filled with a silent plea for help
Often appears as...
- make a plea
- a desperate plea
noun
The answer that a person gives in court when they have been accused of a crime.
He entered a plea of not guilty
Often appears as...
- enter a plea
- plea of guilty
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Formal
noun
A reason given in court for why a person did or did not do something.
His plea of self-defense was not accepted by the court
Often appears as...
- plea of self-defense
- plea of insanity
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Formal
noun
A request for something, especially a serious or emotional one.
Her eyes were filled with a silent plea for help
Often appears as...
- make a plea
- a desperate plea
noun
The answer that a person gives in court when they have been accused of a crime.
He entered a plea of not guilty
Often appears as...
- enter a plea
- plea of guilty
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A reason given in court for why a person did or did not do something.
His plea of self-defense was not accepted by the court
Often appears as...
- plea of self-defense
- plea of insanity
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Appeal
Used when expressing strong feelings to persuade or request urgently.
Her tearful plea for mercy touched the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Request
Emphasizes the importance or critical nature of the request.
His plea for silence went unheeded in the noisy room.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-legal Context
Can be used in everyday situations, not just in legal terms.
The child's plea for a new toy was hard to resist.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Appeal
Used when expressing strong feelings to persuade or request urgently.
Her tearful plea for mercy touched the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Request
Emphasizes the importance or critical nature of the request.
His plea for silence went unheeded in the noisy room.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-legal Context
Can be used in everyday situations, not just in legal terms.
The child's plea for a new toy was hard to resist.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Appeal
Used when expressing strong feelings to persuade or request urgently.
Her tearful plea for mercy touched the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Request
Emphasizes the importance or critical nature of the request.
His plea for silence went unheeded in the noisy room.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-legal Context
Can be used in everyday situations, not just in legal terms.
The child's plea for a new toy was hard to resist.
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The transformative power...
Probably the first dollar most kids born today make might be in a game. That will be the new paper route, that will be the new opportunity for an income at the earliest time in your life. So I kind of want to end with almost a plea, really, more than thoughts. A sense of, I think, how we need to face this new opportunity
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Steven Levitt on child...
is not actually based on very much. It really is based on some impassioned pleas of parents whose children died after they turned two, which has led to the passage of all these laws -- not very much on data. So you can only get so far, I think, in telling your story by using these abstract statistics.
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The difference between...
be better than I would have been. I know I'm not what I ought to be, what I should be, but I think I'm better than I would have been if I hadn't run across certain things. One was just a little verse that said, "No written word, no spoken plea can teach our youth what they should be;
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How I'm discovering the...
with a plan and a plea. And to my surprise, he actually wrote back. With his help, I was able to win a grant from the US government to build a transportable, multispectral imaging lab, And with this lab, I transformed what was a charred and faded mess into a new medieval classic.
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Prison Victim PIPE National...
the possibility of a capital murder trial he took a plea and is serving a 20-year sentence but in prison crimes against children are the most despised even though I didn't do those things that they said I did you know it's still a crime involving a child and then you
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Ethical dilemma: Who...
when the truth is staring you in the face. But on the other hand, recall your spouse’s plea. When we say things like this, we seem to be assuming that it is possible to control our beliefs in some way. So what do you think? Can you control what beliefs you have?
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Can we improve prison...
father your mother it can be indeed and I'm telling you this of a truth it can be anybody else you can't indeed be anybody so the notion my pleas have been our brothers keepers and being and sisters keepers the notion of at least given something
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How I use art to tackle...
Eight million tons of plastic waste enter our oceans every year, destroying ecosystems. Right now, as I speak, there's literally an oil spill of plastic happening. I see this project as a plea for help and a call to action.
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Inside the mind of a...
political awareness and the necessity for a deep and wide understanding of our commitments and our actions, how they affect others. So my plea today to everyone,
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Diving with Hammerhead...
I've come up off from the reef and they're picking parasites off but this is a cleaning station perhaps that's one reason that they show up here to get plea
Video examples
The transformative power...
Probably the first dollar most kids born today make might be in a game. That will be the new paper route, that will be the new opportunity for an income at the earliest time in your life. So I kind of want to end with almost a plea, really, more than thoughts. A sense of, I think, how we need to face this new opportunity
Video examples
Steven Levitt on child...
is not actually based on very much. It really is based on some impassioned pleas of parents whose children died after they turned two, which has led to the passage of all these laws -- not very much on data. So you can only get so far, I think, in telling your story by using these abstract statistics.
Video examples
The difference between...
be better than I would have been. I know I'm not what I ought to be, what I should be, but I think I'm better than I would have been if I hadn't run across certain things. One was just a little verse that said, "No written word, no spoken plea can teach our youth what they should be;
Video examples
How I'm discovering the...
with a plan and a plea. And to my surprise, he actually wrote back. With his help, I was able to win a grant from the US government to build a transportable, multispectral imaging lab, And with this lab, I transformed what was a charred and faded mess into a new medieval classic.
Video examples
Prison Victim PIPE National...
the possibility of a capital murder trial he took a plea and is serving a 20-year sentence but in prison crimes against children are the most despised even though I didn't do those things that they said I did you know it's still a crime involving a child and then you
Video examples
Ethical dilemma: Who...
when the truth is staring you in the face. But on the other hand, recall your spouse’s plea. When we say things like this, we seem to be assuming that it is possible to control our beliefs in some way. So what do you think? Can you control what beliefs you have?
Video examples
Can we improve prison...
father your mother it can be indeed and I'm telling you this of a truth it can be anybody else you can't indeed be anybody so the notion my pleas have been our brothers keepers and being and sisters keepers the notion of at least given something
Video examples
How I use art to tackle...
Eight million tons of plastic waste enter our oceans every year, destroying ecosystems. Right now, as I speak, there's literally an oil spill of plastic happening. I see this project as a plea for help and a call to action.
Video examples
Inside the mind of a...
political awareness and the necessity for a deep and wide understanding of our commitments and our actions, how they affect others. So my plea today to everyone,
Video examples
Diving with Hammerhead...
I've come up off from the reef and they're picking parasites off but this is a cleaning station perhaps that's one reason that they show up here to get plea
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Quote examples
Amy Wax
American Lawyer
A lot of the problems we have in our criminal-justice system, you know, the problem of over-incarceration, the problem of prosecutorial abuse, the problem of just this sort of mass crop of people, of plea bargains, they all have to do with the system being overloaded. If crime was lower, many of the problems would go away.
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Bill Hader
American Actor
I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?' What?' And I kinda made a big plea in the writer's room, like, 'Guys, you should really watch it. It's good. It's addicting. My wife and I are obsessed with it.
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Eddie Vedder
American Musician
When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other.
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Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.
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David Cameron
British Politician
One of the pleas you get when you're talking to the tourist industry or the energy industry or the whoever is, 'Please, can we just have the same minister for longer than five minutes?
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Morley Safer
Canadian Journalist
McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams
American Critic
Pleas for white acceptance of black humanity have a long and terrible history in America, stretching back to the first slave narratives.
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Eric Swalwell
American Politician
Your health shouldn't rely on pleas for kindness from strangers. We can and will do better.
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Larry Flynt
American Publisher
The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
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Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.
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Amy Wax
American Lawyer
A lot of the problems we have in our criminal-justice system, you know, the problem of over-incarceration, the problem of prosecutorial abuse, the problem of just this sort of mass crop of people, of plea bargains, they all have to do with the system being overloaded. If crime was lower, many of the problems would go away.
Quote examples
Bill Hader
American Actor
I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?' What?' And I kinda made a big plea in the writer's room, like, 'Guys, you should really watch it. It's good. It's addicting. My wife and I are obsessed with it.
Quote examples
Eddie Vedder
American Musician
When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other.
Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.
Quote examples
David Cameron
British Politician
One of the pleas you get when you're talking to the tourist industry or the energy industry or the whoever is, 'Please, can we just have the same minister for longer than five minutes?
Quote examples
Morley Safer
Canadian Journalist
McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion.
Quote examples
Thomas Chatterton Williams
American Critic
Pleas for white acceptance of black humanity have a long and terrible history in America, stretching back to the first slave narratives.
Quote examples
Eric Swalwell
American Politician
Your health shouldn't rely on pleas for kindness from strangers. We can and will do better.
Quote examples
Larry Flynt
American Publisher
The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.
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