prayer for relief

English

Noun

prayer for relief (plural prayers for relief)

  1. (law) The portion of a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies sought from the court, such as damages or an injunction.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prayer,‎ for,‎ relief.
    • 1908 January, “Testimonies from the field”, in The Christian Science Journal, volume 25, number 10, →OCLC, page 622:
      I often went to God with long prayers for relief, for I had been instructed from childhood to look to God in times of trouble.
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