supplication
Definitions of supplication
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a humble request for help from someone in authoritytype of:requêteearnest or urgent request
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the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)synonyms: prière
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earnest or urgent requestsynonyms: requêtetypes:démagogieimpassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populacesollicitationan entreaty addressed to someone of superior statusamours, demandea man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)mendicitéa solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)empruntthe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)type of:requêtethe verbal act of requesting
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