appeal

• Earnest or urgent request (synset 107201488)
  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
• Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates (synset 104694682)
  hypernym: attractiveness - sexual allure
  hyponym:

  • siren call, siren song - the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous
  • winsomeness - childlike charm or appeal
  synonym: appealingness, charm
• (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)
  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
• Request for a sum of money (synset 106525755)
  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

• Take a court case to a higher court for review (synset 202503235)
  hypernym: challenge - issue a challenge to
• Request earnestly (something from somebody)
  Ask for aid or protection (synset 200757492)
  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
• Be attractive to (synset 201811849)
  hyponym:

  • becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance - attract; cause to be enamored
  • beckon - appear inviting
  synonym: attract
• Challenge (a decision) (synset 202503473)
  hypernym: challenge, take exception - raise a formal objection in a court of law
• Cite as an authority
  Resort to (synset 201026873)
  hypernym: advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to
  synonym: invoke

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