Thesaurus results for SUPPLICATION

supplication

noun

Definition of supplication

as in prayer

an earnest request the Red Cross made an urgent supplication for donations of food and blankets for the earthquake victims

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Recent Examples of supplication There were many other signs that Xi would not readily yield to Trump’s supplications. — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026 Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Like the appeals made by women during the antiquity to midwife goddesses, prayer and supplication were ways to affirm intentions for healthy pregnancies, calm labors, and living children. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 Under Jordan’s steely command, deep house, disco, and UK garage all bend in supplication to the almighty groove. — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025 Late nights and anxious supplications. — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Sitake winds up practice with a prayer and insists that the defense and offense shake hands after going at one another all day.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
In 1697 the Massachusetts General Court ordered a day of fasting and prayer to repent for the unlawfulness of the trials.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of prayer

Noun

In August 2023, Bangs offered LaGrone an earlier plea agreement under which he would have been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to a record in the district clerk’s file.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
An Eagle man charged with animal cruelty in the shooting deaths of two caged cats was ordered to serve a total of 14 days in jail after accepting a plea deal in August, according to court records.

— Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of plea

Noun

Admittedly, the album’s ’90s sound palette has echoes of millennial nostalgia bait—but then again, when has nostalgia not been part of Hemsworth’s appeal?

— Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
The government filed an emergency appeal asking the justices to lift a lower court decision halting construction.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeal

Noun

The question is going to voters because opponents gathered petition signatures forcing a referendum.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Attorneys for Pro Silver Star sent the band a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday, the filing states, and a copy of the petition for the restraining order and injunction on Friday.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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