Synonyms of pleas

pleas

noun

plural of plea

1

as in appeals

an earnest request

the captive made an impassioned plea for his life to be spared

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeals
• prayers
• petitions
• pleadings
• cries
• entreaties
• desires
• supplications
• solicitations
• demands
• suits
• applications
• adjurations
• calls
• conjurations
• requisitions
• insistences
• suppliances
• claims

2

as in excuses

an explanation that frees one from fault or blame

my only plea is that I've been overworked lately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excuses
• justifications
• reasons
• apologies
• alibis
• defenses
• pretexts
• rationales
• rationalizations
• confessions
• pretenses
• outs
• vindications
• acknowledgments
• cop-outs
• colors
• guises
• atonements
• whitewashes
• extenuations
• palliations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pleas

Through May, prosecutors had charged fewer than four dozen people with crimes related to noncitizen voting, ProPublica’s analysis of DOJ data and federal court filings shows, getting convictions or guilty pleas in 14 cases. — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026

And in 2020, the Daily News reported that one Bronx gun suspect was acquitted and two others were allowed to withdraw felony guilty pleas after Habib admitted evidence in the case had been tampered with. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Habib was also accused of lying under oath and tampering with evidence in a 2016 gun raid, prompting several defendants to withdraw their guilty pleas. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Not guilty pleas were entered on Aravind’s behalf on each charge. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026

Many communities made disaster declarations, and issued pleas for residents to stay off the roads so cleanup and power restoration could continue unimpeded. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Other content contained traditional pleas to small-dollar donors. — Michael Traugott, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

The couple, who married in 2017 and have four children, were due to be seen before a judge in an Arkansas court on Monday but skipped the hearing after their not guilty pleas were withdrawn and a plea by order to the court was submitted. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

Most of the other co-defendants have already taken pleas, including Rusty John Stiglitz, 41, who was a distribution supervisor at the time of the crimes for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, the Keys’ fresh water utility. — David Goodhue august 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026