Meaning & use
supplication
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The act of asking for something humbly or earnestly, especially in prayer.
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The monks knelt in supplication before the altar.
Her letter was less a request than a supplication for mercy.
A note on using this word
Supplication carries a tone of humility and often religious or desperate earnestness, stronger than a simple 'request.'
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