Pleading
Required
Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Pleading and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pleading" instead an adjective "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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On his first appearance alone, it's revealed that he needed to get permission from his wife just to visit Ren after she was disinherited, and that required a whole year of pleading to his wife.
Source: Henpecked Husband -
Mossman by saying "So sorry Judith, I'm all out of time." Later, when she turns on him and he's pleading with her, she says "I'm sorry Wallace, you're all out of time." Irrelevant Importance: The buggy, which is required to cross a certain bridge.
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