plea
/pliː/ noun [C]Definition
LEGAL › when someone says in a court of law if they are guilty or not guilty of the crime they have been accused of: a plea of guilty/not guilty
REQUEST › a strong request: an emotional plea for forgiveness
(Definition of plea noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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