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Vinony

pleading

noun

  1. in law, statement of a party's claims or defenses to another party's claims in a civil action
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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpliːdɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: By surface analysis, plead + -ing.

  1. That pleads.

    “Franchise, relaxed and soothed by the vagueness of a surrender set so far in the future, simply took hold of his two hands to make him behave himself and looked at him with her pretty pleading eyes — the eyes of a sensitive woman who didn't want to risk having a child by anyone but her husband.”

    “With a pleading look, she raised her eyes to him.”

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, plead + -ing.

  1. The act of making a plea.

    “But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue.”

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

verb

Etymology: By surface analysis, plead + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of plead