13
imploring(noun, verb, adjective, request, collect)
11
appealing(verb, adjective, attractive, pleasing, appealing)
10
begging(noun, verb, adjective, request, collect)
10
beseeching(noun, verb, adjective, request, collect)
10
entreating(verb, adjective, attractive, pleasing, appealing)
10
petitioning(verb, appealing, requesting)
7
plea(noun, reason, case, claim, request)
6
argument(noun, action, reason, case, claim)
5
prayer(noun, request, collect, grace, appeal)
5
defense(noun, action, reason, case, claim)
5
importunate
4
adjuratory
4
appeal(noun, request, collect, grace, service)
4
entreaty(noun, request, collect, grace, service)
4
petition(noun, request, collect, grace, service)
4
suppliant(adjective, begging, desperate, supplicant, beseeching)
4
supplication(noun, request, collect, grace, service)
3
case(noun, reason, claim)
3
demurrer
3
precatory
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