pleading
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pleading
- /ˈpliːdɪŋ/
Rhymes with -iːdɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, plead + -ing.
noun pleadings
- The act of making a plea. But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue.
- A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.
verb
- present participle and gerund of plead
adjective more pleading · most pleading
- That pleads. Franchise, relaxed and soothed by the vagueness of a surrender set so far in the future, simply took hold of his two hands to make him behave himself and looked at him with her pretty pleading eyes — the eyes of a sensitive woman who didn't want to risk having a child by anyone but her husband.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: beseeching, imploring, appealing, importunate, plea, claiming, soliciting, litigation, factum, writ, submitting, litigator, alleging, submission, argument, proceeding
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| العربية | مُرَافَعَة murāfaʕa |
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Talk about this word "pleading." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pleading. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pleading. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pleading "pleading." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pleading.Cite this
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title = {pleading},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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