Synonyms of pled

1. plead, appeal, invoke: usage: appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
2. plead, apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise: usage: offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
3. plead, declare: usage: enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
4. plead, allege, aver, say: usage: make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts