Thesaurus results for SUPPLICATION

supplication

noun

Definition of supplication

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 Immediately below us, a bald-headed friar passes; a young woman greets him on her knees, raising her hands in supplication. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026 There were many other signs that Xi would not readily yield to Trump’s supplications. — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 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 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 Under Jordan’s steely command, deep house, disco, and UK garage all bend in supplication to the almighty groove. — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025 Late nights and anxious supplications. — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Indians kick off Diwali festivities The Associated Press Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India, particularly for Hindus, and widely marked by prayers, family gatherings and the lighting of fireworks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
In the story, a young girl is performing the aarti [a Hindu ritual where a lamp is lit and prayers are offered] when her grandmother notices a menstrual stain on her clothes.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of prayer

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Despite Rankin’s plea for unity, Miedecke said the organization would not work with existing groups.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Though not initially successful, Galston’s and Palme’s pleas, along with the work of several other individuals and organizations, set the groundwork for future consideration of ecocide as a crime against nature.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of plea

Noun

Fahey said the appeal reflects a broader shift in Democratic messaging, away from making Trump the central issue and toward challenging him to deliver on his own economic promises.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2026
Amid all the record’s babbling, cooing, and shouting, this direct appeal feels like finally meeting daine’s eye across a crowded room.

— Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026

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