Defense
Pleading
Pleading noun - An earnest request.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- argument and defense
- argument and pleading
- reason and defense
- reason and pleading
- case and defense
- case and pleading
- rationalization and defense
- rationalization and pleading
- explanation and defense
- explanation and pleading
- justification and defense
- justification and pleading
- plea and defense
- plea and pleading
Both words in one sentence
- At one point she tried pleading with an entire room of people for just one to speak in her defense, but none did because she had already betrayed every one of them.
Source: Chronic Backstabbing Disorder -
Hybrid Monster Insanity Defense: If White had been more familiar with Gotham City, he might have realized that pleading insanity in that town was a terrible idea.
- Most tenants who receive notice of summary-eviction proceedings don't know this and go up before the court pleading poverty or misunderstanding-which are most emphatically not a defense, and at best get you a delay of a few months before you have to either pay up or get kicked out.
Source: A Fool for a Client
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