Related Clues:

• One's pretext
• Appeal
• Kind of bargain
• Defendant's request
• Arraignment offering
• ''Not guilty,'' e.g.
• Call for help
• Court action
• ''--- is not just a river in Egypt'' (rehab motto)
• Topic of bargaining
• Earnest entreaty
• ''No contest,'' e.g.
• 'Let me go!' e.g.
• Prayer
• Supplication