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Definition of supplication in English: supplicationnoun ˌsʌplɪˈkeɪʃnˌsəpləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n mass nounThe action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly. he fell to his knees in supplication Example sentencesExamples - Councils may be able to make their supplications to the State Government and Parliament but, in the end, they have to comply with the law.
- He read out the text, directed the contract and made graceful supplications.
- They used to offer their supplications before these deities in rhymed prose and sought revelation.
- His gesture is somewhere between surrender and supplication.
- The women's defiant attitude was the greatest surprise to the authorities who expected tears, supplications and general weakness.
Synonyms entreaty, plea, appeal, petition, solicitation, exhortation, urge, prayer, invocation, suit, request, application beseeching, begging, pleading archaic orison rare imploration, obsecration
Definition of supplication in US English: supplicationnounˌsəpləˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌsəpləˈkāSH(ə)n The action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly. he fell to his knees in supplication Example sentencesExamples - His gesture is somewhere between surrender and supplication.
- They used to offer their supplications before these deities in rhymed prose and sought revelation.
- Councils may be able to make their supplications to the State Government and Parliament but, in the end, they have to comply with the law.
- The women's defiant attitude was the greatest surprise to the authorities who expected tears, supplications and general weakness.
- He read out the text, directed the contract and made graceful supplications.
Synonyms entreaty, plea, appeal, petition, solicitation, exhortation, urge, prayer, invocation, suit, request, application
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