entreaty
earnest or urgent request - an entreaty to stop the fighting - an appeal for help - an appeal to the public to keep calm • Syn: prayer, appeal • Derivationally related forms: appeal (for: appeal) • Hypernyms: request, asking • Hyponyms: adjuration, demagoguery, demagogy, supplication, plea, solicitation, suit, courtship, wooing, courting
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