Pleaded synonym

To ask (permission) to do something:

Appeal means to make an urgent request for something that is necessary or desired.

To put forth reasons for or against something:

To state (a plea or excuse, for example) in support or denial of a claim or accusation:

To ask very earnestly; make supplication, as to a deity

To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly

To debate is defined as to argue about the opposing sides of a subject or to discuss the merits of different arguments and points of view.

To speak, plead, or argue in favor of:

To entreat is defined as to beg for something or beg to do something.

To engage in or be prepared to engage in battle to prevent (a population or area, for example) from being captured or occupied by an enemy.

To subject a person to a cross examination; to question a person intensely.

(Intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.

To institute legal proceedings in court; bring suit

To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

To answer is defined as to give a response to a question in either an oral or written manner, or by a physical gesture.

Reply is defined as to speak or write a response to something.

To initiate or conduct (a civil case or legal action):

In old English law, to call (a person) into court to give warranty of title

To test by carefully questioning in order to find out the knowledge, skill, qualifications, etc. of (a student, witness, job applicant, etc.)

To think logically about; think out systematically; analyze

To settle conclusively all contention or uncertainty about:

Punish is to impose suffering or penalty, or to treat someone in an harsh manner.

To impose a sentence on (a criminal defendant found guilty, for example).

To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

To call or bring to mind; evoke:

To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.