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Showing words for PLEAS using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Pleas

elaps, lapse, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pelas, pleas, salep, saple, sepal, slape, spale, speal

4 Letter Words for Pleas

alep, ales, alps, apes, apse, laps, lase, leap, leas, lepa, leps, pale, pals, pase, peal, peas, pela, pesa, plea, sale, salp, seal, slap, spae

3 Letter Words for Pleas

aes, ale, alp, als, ape, apl, ase, asl, asp, eas, ela, els, epa, esp, lap, las, lea, lep, les, pal, pas, pea, pel, pes, sal, sap, sea, sel, sep, sla, sle, spa, spl

Definitions for Pleas

[1] an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
[2] something that is alleged, urged, or pleaded in defense or justification.
[3] an excuse; pretext: He begged off on the plea that his car wasn't working.
[4] Law . an allegation made by, or on behalf of, a party to a legal suit, in support of his or her claim or defense. a defendant's answer to a legal declaration or charge. (in courts of equity) a plea that admits the truth of the declaration, but alleges special or new matter in avoidance. Obsolete . a suit or action.
[5] cop a plea , Slang . cop1(def 5b) .
[6] an earnest entreaty or request a plea for help
[7] law something alleged or pleaded by or on behalf of a party to legal proceedings in support of his claim or defence criminal law the answer made by an accused to the charge a plea of guilty (in Scotland and formerly in England) a suit or action at law
[8] an excuse, justification, or pretext he gave the plea of a previous engagement

Words related to Pleas

uit, overture, application, entreaty, prayer, appeal, petition, solicitation, claim, pleading, apology, explanation, argument, allegation, action, supplication, imprecation, intercession, orison, story

Words nearby Pleas

pleaplaywriting, plaza, plaza de toros, plaza lasso, plc, plea, plea bargain, plea-bargain, pleach, plead, pleadable

Origin of Pleas

1175–1225; Middle English ple, earlier plaid < Old French < early Medieval Latin placitum law-court, suit, decision, decree, Latin: opinion (literally, that which is pleasing or agreeable), noun use of neuter of past participle of placēre to please

Words that may be confused with Pleas

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, pleapleas, please

Word origin for Pleas

C13: from Anglo-Norman plai, from Old French plaid lawsuit, from Medieval Latin placitum court order (literally: what is pleasing), from Latin placēre to please

Synonyms for Pleas

appeal, application, entreaty, overture, petition, prayer, solicitation, suit, imprecation, intercession, orison, supplication, imploration, round robin