supplication

noun

Etymology: From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate + -ion.

1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.

   “If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress.”

2. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
3. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
4. In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
5. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.