Definition of "supplication" [sup•pli•ca•tion]

• An act of supplicating; a humble request. (noun)
• A prayer or entreaty to a god. (noun)

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• "If O felt he HAD to meet with these slimeballs, he at least should have made them come to him, rather than vice versa; this looks too much like he is in supplication and that Will and the other evil ones are “receiving” him. gross."
• "Villagers scramble towards the aircraft, arms aloft in supplication and eyes scrunched against the tornado whipped up by the rotor blades."
• "The child was holding out one palm in supplication and using the other to touch the saint’s cheek."