plead
Ask with desperation
Plead means to make an earnest appeal or argument.
In law, to plead is to formally respond to a charge: How do you plead?
You can plead guilty, plead not guilty, or plead the Fifth (invoke the right against self-incrimination).
Outside court, plead suggests desperate urgency: She pleaded with him to stay.
To plead ignorance or plead poverty is to offer it as an excuse.
Ask with desperation
- imploreUrge with desperation
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
- entreatPlead urgently with someone
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
petition · appeal · solicitation · entreaty · supplication · ask · request · invoke
Party facing charges
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- not guiltyCleared of charges
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
testimony · alibi · exoneration · acquittal · vindication · defense attorney · cross-examination · objection
Verbally oppose another's view
- convinceCause to believe
- appealFormal review request
- persuadeCause to believe
- coaxPersuade by gentle urging
reason · urge · advocate · cajole · press · exhort · rhetoric · eloquence
beg
Ask with desperation
supplicate · petition · appeal · solicitation · entreaty · supplication · ask · request · invoke · call upon
defendant
Party facing charges
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- not guiltyCleared of charges
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
court · testimony · alibi · exoneration · acquittal · vindication · defense attorney · cross-examination · objection · appeal
argue
Verbally oppose another's view
coax · reason · urge · advocate · cajole · press · exhort · rhetoric · eloquence · sway
intercede
Intervene on behalf
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- interveneCome between opposing sides
speak for · vouch · champion · defend · support · stand up for · represent · negotiate · arbitrate · reconcile
desperate
Driven by urgent need
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
despair · helplessness · imploring · yearning · dire · forlorn · abject · heartrending · woeful · on one's knees
- persuasion tacticscharm, butter up, flattery, flatter, coax
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- support verbsback, support, advocate, defend, endorse
- desperate measureslast resort, desperation move, last ditch, last chance, last hope
- guilty pleaAdmitting criminal responsibility
- pleads the fifthClaims constitutional silence right
- plea dealNegotiated criminal case resolution
- plea bargainNegotiated criminal case resolution
- cop a pleaAccept reduced charges
- pleading the FifthRefusing to testify constitutionally
plea, pleading, pleaded, pleads, pleas, pled, pleader, pleadings