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"appeal" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often attractiveness (14 letters).
Definitions
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Word origin
From Middle English apelen, appelen (“to accuse; to make a formal charge before a court, etc., impeach; to challenge to trial by combat; to apply to a higher court or authority for review of a decision; to call upon for a decision, favour, help, etc.; to call by a name”) [and other forms], from Old French apeler (“to call; to call out”); see further at etymology 1.
Used in a sentence
“I have an appeal against the lower court decision.”
“Anciently an appeal lay for high treaſon. […] But it ſeems to be taken away by the ſt[atute] 1 H[enry] 4. 14. And now, if murder be made treaſon, an appeal does not lie.”
“He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“attraction”6 letters
02“Charm”6 letters
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