Plea and Want

Plea

Plea noun - An earnest request.

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

Nearby Word: pleading

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Plea and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plea" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

old	old plea	old want
actual	actual plea	actual want
fun	fun plea	fun want
famous	famous plea	famous want
Other adjectives: personal, new, desperate, last.

Related is the "Alford plea," where a defendant explicitly pleads guilty to a crime, but otherwise professes their innocence (i.e.: "I'll agree with your argument that I did it, but at the same time I want you to know that I really didn't.").

Source: I Won't Say I'm Guilty
Taking the Heat: At the start of season 9, Crabtree has gone to jail for the murder of Edna Brooks's husband, putting in a plea of "uncontested" because he doesn't want to perjure himself by pleading guilty.

Source: Series / Murdoch Mysteries
In Death Note, Light's final speech degrades into a screeching rant/plea for life as he realises that, despite the fact he's built his empire on the thousands of lives he destroyed, he doesn't want to lose his own.

Source: Dying Curse

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