Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Entreaty \En*treat"y\, n.; pl. {Entreaties}.
   1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer;
      earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

            Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser.

   Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.

Source : WordNet®

entreaty
     n : earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
         fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public
         to keep calm" [syn: {prayer}, {appeal}]