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Entreaty

Entreaty Meaning & Definition
Entreaty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Entreaty?

[n] earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Entreaty: appeal | prayer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Entreaty: adjuration | aid prayer | Angelus | appeal | application | Ave | Ave Maria | beadroll | beads | beseechment | bid | bidding prayer | breviary | call | chaplet | clamor | collect | communion | contemplation | cry | devotions | grace | Hail Mary | impetration | imploration | imploring | imprecation | intercession | invocation | invocatory plea | Kyrie Eleison | litany | meditation | obsecration | obtestation | orison | Paternoster | petition | plea | prayer | prayer wheel | rogation | rosary | silent prayer | suit | supplication | thanks | thanksgiving

See Also | adjuration | asking | courting | courtship | demagoguery | demagogy | plea | request | solicitation | suit | supplication | wooing

Entreaty In Webster's Dictionary

\En*treat"y\, n.; pl. {Entreaties}. 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser. Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.

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