Entreaty

/ɛntɹˈiːti/

/ɛnˈtɹiti/

[noun]

Entreaty

[NOUN]

a sincere request for something, often conveying a sense of urgency or importance

synonyms : appeal

prayer

Examples

1. The plaintive entreaties of the chick stimulate the adult to regurgitate a mouthful of fish.

2. But he was deaf to her entreaties.

3. Benevolent and listens to human entreaties?

4. The Chinese have floated another possible entreaty to the North Koreans, and that's for the U.S. and the South Koreans to stop these annual military exercises.