"plead" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Appeal or request earnestly (synset 200761546)
"I pleaded with him to stop"

is a type of: appeal, invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
subtypes:
- beg, implore, pray - call upon in supplication; entreat
- adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press - ask for or request earnestly
Offer as an excuse or plea (synset 200895886)
"She was pleading insanity"

is a type of: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
Enter a plea, as in courts of law (synset 200762621)
"She pleaded not guilty"

referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts (synset 201018325)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: allege, aver, say - report or maintain

subtypes: demur - enter a demurrer