[
UK
/plˈiː/
]
[ US /ˈpɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫi/ ]
NOUN
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
- (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
How To Use plea In A Sentence
- I'd live the transient and ephemeral existence of a backpacker for a week, an existence of freedom and simple pleasures.
- The carbonation is a little heavier than what I normally expect in a stout, but not unpleasantly so. Miasmatic Review
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- All the more perhaps for that, she was born sagacious, which is a less pleasing, but, in a bitter pinch, a more really useful, quality. Erema — My Father's Sin
- OK, the steering is a little foggy, but the wheel unquestionably feels pleasant under the fingers. Times, Sunday Times
- He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
- I had to join this long queue, that snaked around a couple of times, and as each person left, a disembodied voice said, ‘Cashier number seven, please!’
- The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times
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- Dr. Orkborne, much incommoded by this second interruption, coldly begged to know his pleasure. Camilla