Definition

1. Noun:
   • An earnest, urgent, or heartfelt request; a plea. It refers to the act of asking for something with strong feeling, often because the situation is serious or desperate.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She ignored his entreaties to reconsider her decision.
  • The letter was filled with entreaties for forgiveness.
  • The prisoner's final entreaty for mercy was denied.

Advanced Usage

• "To make an entreaty": To formally or earnestly make a plea.
  • He made a desperate entreaty to the court for leniency.
• "An entreaty to/for": Often followed by the person or entity being appealed to, or the thing being requested.
  • Their entreaty to the government fell on deaf ears.
  • It was an entreaty for peace and reconciliation.

Variants and Related Words

• Entreat (verb): To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
  • I entreat you to listen to reason.
• Entreatingly (adverb): In a begging or pleading manner.
  • She looked at him entreatingly.

Synonyms

• Plea: A serious and emotional request.
• Appeal: A serious or urgent request, typically to the public.
• Supplication: A humble or earnest plea, often with a religious connotation.
• Imploration: The action of begging someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

Antonyms

• Demand: An insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right.
• Command: An authoritative order.
• Refusal: The act of denying a request.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To fall on deaf ears (often used with 'entreaty'): To be ignored or disregarded.
  • All their entreaties for help fell on deaf ears.
• A last/final entreaty: A final, often desperate, attempt to request something.
  • He made one last entreaty before the verdict was read.

Noun

1. earnest or urgent request
   • an entreaty to stop the fighting
   • an appeal for help
   • an appeal to the public to keep calm