supplication

English

Etymology

From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)

  1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
    • 2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic‎[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 October 2025:
      If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress.
    1. (Islam) du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.
  2. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
  3. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
  4. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin supplicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

supplication f (plural supplications)

  1. supplication

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