supplication

noun

Definition of supplicationnext
as in prayer
an earnest request the Red Cross made an urgent supplication for donations of food and blankets for the earthquake victims

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Recent Examples of supplication Late nights and anxious supplications. — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025 Under Jordan’s steely command, deep house, disco, and UK garage all bend in supplication to the almighty groove. — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025 Like the appeals made by women during the antiquity to midwife goddesses, prayer and supplication were ways to affirm intentions for healthy pregnancies, calm labors, and living children. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplication
  1. prayer
  2. plea
  3. appeal
  4. petition
Noun
  • The thoughts and prayers expressed on the phones are, in a sense, carried by the wind.
    — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.
    — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of prayer
Noun
  • Ahead of the summit, Zelensky is using the attacks on Kyiv to renew his plea for allies to supply Ukraine with missiles for Patriot systems.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Robinson has not yet entered a plea, and his attorneys have not commented on his guilt or innocence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of plea
Noun
  • Hacky sack’s revival is digital in its distribution and analog in its appeal.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • His public appeal came after Russia bombarded Kyiv with drones and missiles in another deadly attack at the start of the week.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of appeal
Noun
  • Kunst said there’s currently a petition written and addressed to the office within the Vatican that works on the canonization process.
    — Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026
  • If 25% of electors in either district were to sign a petition challenging the plan, the public would need to vote, which would then require a simple majority for the consolidation to move forward, according to Idaho Code.
    — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
Definition of petition

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“Supplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplication. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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