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petition
Synonyms and Antonyms of petition
an earnest request a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations Synonyms adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, plea, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplicationRelated Words application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence
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petition
Synonyms and Antonyms of petition
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship Synonyms appeal (to), beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, beg, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicateRelated Words bludge [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], cadge, mooch, sponge; ask, desire, invoke, request, sue; claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, requireNear Antonyms hint, imply, intimate, suggest; appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy; comfort, console, content, quiet
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