appeals

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Appeals are requests for help, sympathy, or a decision to be reconsidered.

A charity makes an appeal for donations.

A defendant files an appeal to have a conviction overturned by a higher court.

Something that appeals to you attracts or interests you: The job didn't appeal to me.

Appeal as a noun can mean attractiveness: The old house had a certain appeal.

request

petition

Formal written appeal

supplication · application · submission · call · bid · overture · invitation · proposal · inquiry · approach

legal

court

Trial venue or sports surface

jurisdiction · judiciary · litigation · precedent · docket · briefs · judges · remand · reversal · petitioner

persuasion

rhetoric

Art of persuasive language

eloquence · ethos · pathos · logos · compelling · credibility · reason · emotion · logic · sway

attraction

allure

Attractive, tempting quality

charm · enticement · lure · temptation · pull · interest · captivation · intrigue · charisma · glamour

Categories
Opposites
attraction/desirability

appealsrepels

Drives back, resists

disgusts · repulses · revolts · offends · alienates

legal proceedings

appealstrials

Formal legal proceedings

verdicts · judgments · arraignments · indictments

requests/pleas

appealsrefuses

Declines to accept

denies · rejects · rebuffs · dismisses · declines

Phrases
Family

appeal, appealing, appealed, appealingly, appealable, unappealable, appeals court

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