supplication
noun/sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate + -ion.
1
An act of supplicating; a humble request.
- If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress.2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2025:
3
A prayer or entreaty to a god.
4
Historical In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
5
The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.
- Derived terms
- supplicational, supplicationer