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playtime, n. recess, time out; recreation, leisure time; vacation, Brit, holiday; liberty, shore leave; red letter day, festival day, fete day; legal holiday, Brit, bank holiday.

playwright, n. dramatist, dramaturge, dramaturgist; scriptwriter, screenwriter, scenario writer; tragedian, comedian, Fr. farceur, melodramatist; monodramatist; dramatic poet; Theat. play doctor.

plaza, n. public square, town square, common, town common; green, town green, rialto, piazza, forum, (in ancient Greece) agora; quadrangle, Inf. quad.

plea, n. 1. defense, vindication, argument, apologia, justification.
2. excuse, pretext, reason; apology, extenuation, palliation.
3. appeal, entreaty, request, petition, suppliance, supplication, solicitation, suit; imploration, invocation, prayer.
4. cop a plea Slang, plead guilty, Inf cop one, plea bargain; dodge the issue, evade the real issue, Inf. beat around the bush; get around the results, avoid the penalty, Inf. go out the side door.

plead, v. 1. appeal, entreat, beg, beseech; supplicate, ask, apply for; seek, request, call for; appeal to, implore, Brit. Inf. prig; pray, petition, solicit, supplicate, obtest; adjure, conjure, Rare, sue; press, importune, demand.
2. argue against, reason with, debate, enjoin; counsel, exhort, urge, recommend, try to influence; suggest, persuade, push, Inf. lean on, coerce, use pressure.
3. argue, use as an excuse, put forward, present; assert, declare, proclaim, allege, aver, attest, asseverate; maintain, hold, profess, avow, affirm, acknowledge, admit, own.

pleasant, adj. 1. pleasing, agreeable, enjoyable, delightful, pleasurable, gratifying, satisfying; delectable, delicious, palatable, tasty, toothsome, savory; lovely, nice, good, SI. swell, SI. fine; comfortable, easeful, SI. cushy, luxurious, voluptuous.
2. (of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) adept, adroit, suave, polished, finished, smooth; courteous, polite, courtly; deferential, well-behaved, well-bred, genteel; cultivated, urbane, gallant, chivalrous, diplomatic, tactful, decorous, compliant, gentlemanly, ladylike; gracious, hospitable, sociable; affable, approachable, communicative, conversive; outgoing, open, easy, unreserved; gregarious, Inf chummy, amiable, congenial, simpatico, sympathetic; friendly, cheerful, Ger. gemlitlich, cheery; neighborly, Inf. comfortable as an old shoe, homely, Inf. homey; companionable, fun to be with, good company.
3. fair, balmy, sunny, warm; bright, cloudless, clear, rainless, dry; fine, calm, halcyon.

pleasantry, n. 1. banter, teasing, Inf. kidding, Inf. ribbing, Inf. joshing; raillery, repartee, wordplay, badinage; joking, jesting, drollery, jocularity, waggery; ridicule, mockery, Inf. ragging, Brit, quizzing.
2. joke, quip, gag, wisecrack, funny remark; bon mot, mot, witticism, crack, pun, Rhet. paronomasia, Fr. jeu d'esprit.
3. prank, trick, farce, game; revel, merriment, hilarity, tomfoolery, jocularity, clowning, nonsense, antics, horseplay.

please, v. 1. satisfy, content, gratify; gladden, charm, cheer, delight, Inf. tickle pink; do one's heart good, Inf. hit the spot, delectate; entertain, interest, amuse, divert; placate, appease, humor, pacify, pacifi-cate; soothe, mollify, dulcify.
2. like, want, desire; wish, choose, prefer, elect, opt, select.

pleased, adj. happy, glad, contented, gratified, satisfied, well-pleased; delighted, elated, thrilled, tickled, Inf. tickled pink, Inf. pleased as punch, Dial, in hog heaven; euphoric, on cloud nine, on top of the world, walking or floating on air, starry-eyed; cheerful, full of cheer, in good or high spirits; complacent, Brit. Sl. chuffed, self-satisfied.