Front | plea |
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Back | plea /pliː/ noun 1[countable] a request that is urgent or full of emotion plea for a plea for help Caldwell made a plea for donations. plea to The parents made an emotional plea to their child’s kidnappers. 2[countable usually singular] a statement by someone in a court of law saying whether they are guilty or not: a guilty plea make/enter a plea Adams entered a plea of ‘not guilty’. 3[singular] an excuse for something: He refused the appointment on a plea of illness. |
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