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   entreaty

   /ɪnˈtriːti/

   noun

   • 1. an earnest or humble request: "his supervisors have ignored his entreaties"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘treatment, management’; formerly also as intreaty): from entreat, on the pattern of treaty.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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