pleading
Meaning of pleading
verb
- To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.
- To beg, beseech, or implore.
He pleaded with me not to leave the house.
- To offer by way of excuse.
Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.
- To discuss by arguments.
- The act of making a plea.
- A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.
adjective
That pleads.
Information about pleading
- The plural form of pleading is: pleadings.
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Hyphenation of pleading
plead-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- pleading is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pleading synonyms
Meaning appealing:
appealing, imploring, importunate
Anagrams of pleading
Words that rhyme with pleading
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