"Let me keep the child!" she answered, beginning to tremble and falling on her knees in supplication.
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Supplication
//sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "supplication" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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Translations
36 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἱκετεία noun (an act of supplicating)
- ἱκετεία noun (a prayer)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yalvarış noun (a prayer)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жалба noun (an act of supplicating)
- молба noun (an act of supplicating)
- моли́тва noun (a prayer)
Faroese
2 entries- innilig bøn noun (a prayer)
- innilig umsókn noun (an act of supplicating)
French
1 entries- supplication noun (an act of supplicating)
German
4 entries- Bitte noun (an act of supplicating)
- Bitten noun (an act of supplicating)
- Bittgebet noun (a prayer)
- Flehen noun (an act of supplicating)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (an act of supplicating)
- 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (a prayer)
Greek
1 entries- προσευχή noun (a prayer)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִתְחַנְּנוּת noun (an act of supplicating)
- תַּחֲנוּן noun (a prayer)
Irish
1 entries- impí noun (an act of supplicating)
Old Armenian
1 entries- գութ noun (a prayer)
Old English
1 entries- hālsung noun (an act of supplicating)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- دعا noun (an act of supplicating)
- دعا noun (a prayer)
- نیاز noun (an act of supplicating)
Persian
2 entries- لابه noun (an act of supplicating)
- لابه noun (a prayer)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jebäd noun (a prayer)
Polish
1 entries- suplikacja noun (a prayer)
Russian
4 entries- моли́тва noun (a prayer)
- мольба́ noun (an act of supplicating)
- мольба́ noun (a prayer)
- про́сьба noun (an act of supplicating)
Turkish
2 entries- dua noun (an act of supplicating)
- dua noun (a prayer)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Having thus imparted to you my sentiments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign parent of the human race, in humble supplication that since he has been pleased to favour the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of Government, for the security of their Union, and the advancement of their happiness; so his divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.
Source: tatoeba (8304425)
She clasped her hands together in supplication.
Source: tatoeba (11583854)
If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress.
Source: wiktionary
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