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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   plea
       n 1: a humble request for help from someone in authority [syn:
            supplication, plea]
       2: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as
          distinguished from a demurrer)
       3: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed