English noun: entreaty | |||
| 1. | entreaty (communication) earnest or urgent request | ||
| Samples | An entreaty to stop the fighting. An appeal for help. An appeal to the public to keep calm. | ||
| Synonyms | appeal, prayer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | asking, request | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjuration, courting, courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, solicitation, suit, suit, supplication, wooing | ||