Pleading and Required

Pleading

Pleading adjective - Asking humbly.

Required and pleading are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Required" instead an adjective "Pleading".

Nearby Words: plead, plea, pleaded, pleader, pleadingly

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

  • Henpecked Husband 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.
  • Video Game / Half-Life 2 aka: Half-Life 2 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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