plea
/pli/
noun
- An urgent or emotional request for something.
- Her plea for help was heard by a passing neighbor.
- The charity issued a plea for donations to support the homeless.
- The child made a plea for a puppy, promising to take care of it.
- A statement in a court of law in which a person says whether they are guilty or not guilty of a crime.
- The judge accepted the plea and scheduled the sentencing.
- His lawyer advised him to change his plea to guilty for a lighter sentence.
- The defendant entered a plea of not guilty at the hearing.
- An excuse or justification for something.
- They accepted his plea of illness as a valid reason for missing the meeting.
- Her plea of ignorance did not convince the teacher.
- He offered the plea that he was too tired to finish the work.