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petition

noun

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 of petition

adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, plea, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication
Words Related to petition

application, requisition

call, claim, demand, insistence

petition

verb

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 of petition

appeal (to), beg, beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate
Words Related to petition

bludge [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], cadge, mooch, sponge

ask, desire, invoke, request, sue

claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, require
Phrases Synonymous with petition

call on (or upon)
Near Antonyms of petition

hint, imply, intimate, suggest

appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy

comfort, console, content, quiet

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