Associations to the word «Entreaty»

Wiktionary

ENTREATY, noun. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
ENTREATY, noun. (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

Dictionary definition

ENTREATY, noun. Earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne