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Entreaty synonyms and antonyms

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ultimatum (antonym)
The final offer in negotiating an agreement, carrying with it the implication that if it is not accepted, bargaining will cease.
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demand (antonym)
The definition of a demand is a strong or urgent command or request.
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supplication
Supplication is defined as the act of humbly begging for something, especially when pleading with God in prayer.
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request (related)
Something asked for
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answer (antonym)
An answer is defined as something that is similar or a close copy.
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command (antonym)
Power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
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appeal
The process to seek and obtain a review and reversal of an administrative decision by a court or by a higher authority within the administrative agency. See also certiorari, notice of appeal, trial (trial de novo), and writ of error.
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imploration
The action of imploring; begging, beseeching.
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plea
A defendant's answer in a civil action.
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ask (related)
An act or instance of asking.
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importunity (related)
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protestation (related)
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asseveration (related)
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plaint (related)
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petition
(Law) A formal written application seeking a court's intervention and action on a matter:
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prayer
A humble and sincere request, as to God or a god
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remonstrance (related)
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Entreaty Sentence Examples

  • His face expressed entreaty, agitation, and ecstasy.

  • The last -that we hear of him is his humble entreaty to the Apostles to pray for him.

  • What was thus " begun by chance, was continued by entreaty, written by incoherent parcels, and after long intervals of neglect resumed again as humour and occasions permitted."

  • In crowds they besieged the palace, and had already begun to take vengeance on the foreign monks and sailors who had come from Chalcedon to the metropolis, when, at the entreaty of Eudoxia, the emperor consented to his recall.

  • The king exerted all his personal influence to overcome Yorke's scruples, warning him finally that the great seal if now refused would never again be within his grasp. Yorke yielded to the king's entreaty, went to his brother's house, where he met the leaders of the Opposition, and feeling at once overwhelmed with shame, fled to his own house, where in three days he was a dead man (January 20, 1770).

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