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pleas

/pliːz//pliz/

pleas is the plural of plea.

pleas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plea.

Meaning of plea

Noun

plea (plural pleas)

  1. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
    • Even if only one person answers my plea for someone to correspond with it will be a blessing.1981 December 1, George D. Johnson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 18
  2. An excuse; an apology.
    • Necessity, the tyrant’s plea.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
  4. That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
  5. An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
  6. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.

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Phrases with pleas

Words that rhyme with pleas

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Questions about pleas

What is pleas the plural of?
Pleas is the plural of plea.
How do you pronounce pleas?
Pleas is pronounced /pliːz/ (UK).

Words near pleas in the dictionary

  1. pleads up
  2. pleaed
  3. pleaing
  4. pleamorphism
  5. Plean
  6. pleas
  7. pleas in abatement
  8. pleas of the crown
  9. pleas'd
  10. pleasability
  11. pleasable

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