Supplication /(?)/

Sup·pli·ca·tion

Supplication

n.
  1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
  2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
  3. A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. (Rom. Antiq.)