Associations to the word «Pleading»

Wiktionary

PLEADING, noun. The act of making a plea.
PLEADING, noun. (legal) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.
PLEADING, verb. Present participle of plead
PLEADING, adjective. That pleads.

Dictionary definition

PLEADING, noun. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding.
PLEADING, adjective. Begging.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King