Supplications

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A series of earnest requests or prayers made to a higher power or deity
2. Individual acts of humbly asking for help or favors in a spiritual context
3. Expressions of deep desire or need, often accompanied by a sense of urgency and reverence

Etymology: "Supplications" is simply the plural of "supplication," so it names more than one act of humbly asking. The singular comes into English from Old French "supplication," which in turn descends from Latin "supplicatio," the noun from "supplicare," meaning to beg or entreat. The Latin verb itself is built from "supplex," a word for someone kneeling in submission, and that physical posture of bending down is what the English plural keeps alive in its sense of repeated pleas.

Synonyms: pleas, entreaties, prayers, requests, petitions

Antonyms: disregards, indifference, neglects, refusals, rejections