appeal

Noun
  1. Earnest or urgent request (synset 107201488)
    "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
    hypernym: asking, request - the verbal act of requesting
    hyponym:
    • adjuration - a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
    • demagoguery, demagogy - impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
    • plea, supplication - a humble request for help from someone in authority
    • solicitation - an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
    • suit - a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
    • courting, courtship, suit, wooing - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
    synonym: entreaty, prayer
  2. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates (synset 104694682)
    "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
    hypernym: attractiveness - sexual allure
    hyponym:
    synonym: appealingness, charm
  3. (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial (synset 101188101)
    "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
    domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    hypernym: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  4. Request for a sum of money (synset 106525755)
    "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
    hypernym: petition, postulation, request - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
    hyponym: whip-round - (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose
    synonym: collection, ingathering, solicitation
Verb
  1. Take a court case to a higher court for review (synset 202503235)
    "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
    hypernym: challenge - issue a challenge to
  2. Request earnestly (something from somebody);
    Ask for aid or protection (synset 200757492)
    "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
    hypernym: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
    hyponym:
    • plead - appeal or request earnestly
    • call on, turn - have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
    synonym: invoke
  3. Be attractive to (synset 201811849)
    "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
    hyponym:
    synonym: attract
  4. Challenge (a decision) (synset 202503473)
    "She appealed the verdict"
    hypernym: challenge, take exception - raise a formal objection in a court of law
  5. Cite as an authority;
    Resort to (synset 201026873)
    "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
    hypernym: advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to
    synonym: invoke

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