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pleading

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But if the cause is just and the pain is great, a well-articulated anger is going to be far more effective than milquetoast pleading.

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Quick take

The act of making a plea.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pleading gathered in one view.

noun

The act of making a plea.

adjective

That pleads.

noun

(law) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pleading.

Example sentences

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But if the cause is just and the pain is great, a well-articulated anger is going to be far more effective than milquetoast pleading.

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Arguing that a foetus' personal rights are violated by early stage termination of a pregnancy is just special pleading biased by religious ideas about the inherent sanctity of life.

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Therefore failing to keep up the lie would be exactly the same as pleading guilty.

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If you're innocent, by the time you get to pleading, the system has already proven to you that it doesn't work.

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And the problem Wikipedia has with them is that they can disguise special pleading.

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They did overlook it after some pleading, but then asked for her driver's license.

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Couldn't you imagine a situation in which, a licensed software engineer is pleading with PM to separate the entertainment system, from the controls?

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The answerer is never coming back because he has his karma points and will ignore any and all comments you make pleading for him to correct it (remember: you can't make meaning-altering edits to answers.

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Seems to me that with the alleged bullier pleading 1st amendment, the alleged bullyee has no choice but to go via the courts to obtain redress.

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When I hear something like this, it sound like your pleading for padded shackles.

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Special-pleading from unstated and unjustified assumptions gets us nowhere.

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You, on the other hand, have provided zero evidence, empirical or anecdotal, for your conjecture that a high percentage of people pleading guilty are innocent.

Quote examples

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Deliberately setting up the referendum after the deadline and then "pleading" for extension?

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An OpenSSL team member said, "If you're in a position to offer technical criticism you're in a position to offer technical help." While it sounds like their pleading for help, its because WE ARE.

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("How prevalent is the phenomenon of innocent people pleading guilty?

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This process involved day-to-day work to keep it up to date, BUT it allowed me to answer questions like "Which pleading was it that they filed which said x a month ago?" in seconds instead of minutes/hours without robust search.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pleading in a sentence?

But if the cause is just and the pain is great, a well-articulated anger is going to be far more effective than milquetoast pleading.

What does pleading mean?

The act of making a plea.

What part of speech is pleading?

pleading is commonly used as noun, adjective.