- supplication, plea - a humble request for help from someone in authority
--1 is a kind of entreaty, prayer, appeal
- plea - (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
--2 is a kind of answer
--2 has particulars: counterplea; dilatory plea; insanity plea, plea of insanity- plea - an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
--3 is a kind of due process, due process of law
--3 is a part of trial - plea - an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed