entreaty
entreat
+
-y
noun
(plural
entreaties
)
an
earnest
or
humble
request
:
｟かたく｠ 嘆願, 懇願, 哀願
e.g.
the king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties.
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
(in the sense ‘
treatment
,
management
’; formerly also as
intreaty
): from
entreat
, on the pattern of
treaty
.