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supplication - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)

• An act of supplicating; a humble request.
  • ✤ 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.
• A prayer or entreaty to a god.
• (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
• The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

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: /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊

Printed 2026-09-15.

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Footnotes

1. 2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic ‎${}^{[1]}$, archived from the original on 11 April 2025: ↩

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