entreaty, prayer, appeal

earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

• adjuration — a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
• demagoguery, demagogy — impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
• supplication, plea — a humble request for help from someone in authority
• solicitation — an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
• suit — a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
• courtship, wooing, courting, suit — a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

• request, asking — the verbal act of requesting