pleading

About 2.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of making a plea.
2. noun A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.
3. verb present participle and gerund of plead
4. adjective That pleads.

Similar words

beseeching imploring appealing importunate plea claiming soliciting litigation factum writ

Often followed by

for with and the in that of to guilty

Word family

pleadings