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pleading (root: plead)
CIDE DICTIONARY
pleading, n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pleading, n. (usu. in pl.) a formal statement of the cause of an action or defence.
THESAURUS
pleading
adjuratory, answer, appealing, argument, argumentum, bar, begging, beseeching, case, cons, consideration, counsel, counterstatement, defense, demurrer, denial, elenchus, entreating, exception, ignoratio elenchi, imploring, legal profession, objection, plaidoyer, plea, pleadings, precative, precatory, pros, pros and cons, reason, rebuttal, refutation, reply, representation, response, riposte, special demurrer, special pleading, statement of defense, talking pointAlso see definition of "pleading" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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