Plea and Reference

Plea

Plea noun - An earnest request.

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Reference and plea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Plea".

Nearby Word: pleading

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Plea and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Plea" with "Reference", this nouns are similar.

similar	similar plea	similar reference
direct	direct plea	direct reference
blatant	blatant plea	blatant reference
small	small plea	small reference
Other adjectives: actual, cryptic, repeated, last, occasional.

It's also not really a proper insanity plea; for one thing, there should have been reference to an actual psychiatrist on the witness stand.

Source: Radio / Adventures in Odyssey
She's actually called a "soiled dove" in the game itself, but this is a euphemism for "prostitute", as the nickname is a reference to the Soiled Dove Plea.

Source: Video Game / Choice of Games
Clearly, the only reason John Alexander Hitchcock has been adding so much WMG to this page all centered around an obscure reference that nobody gets is because he is actually sending out a plea for help.

Source: WMG / Poison Oak Epileptic Trees

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Reference and Plea. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plea/reference

Plea & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plea/reference>.

Reference or Plea. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plea/reference.

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