entreaty

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English [edit]

Noun [edit]

entreaty (plural entreaties)

The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

We need an entreaty to stop the hostilities.
(archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

Translations [edit]

petition, solicitation, prayer

Dutch: smeekbede (nl) f, smeekgebed (nl) n
Finnish: vetoomus (fi)
Hiligaynon: alumgay

Kurdish:

Sorani: خواست (ku) (xwast)
Serbo-Croatian: preklinjanje (sh)

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