Synonyms of petitioned

petitioned

verb

past tense of petition

as in begged

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 & Similar Words

• begged
• asked
• prayed
• beseeched
• implored
• entreated
• importuned
• conjured
• appealed (to)
• besieged
• requested
• supplicated
• pleaded (to)
• required
• solicited
• called on
• sued
• invoked
• impetrated
• compelled
• forced
• demanded
• insisted
• desired
• claimed
• coerced
• sponged
• bludged
• cadged
• mooched
• commanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggested
• intimated
• implied
• hinted
• obliged
• pleased
• satisfied
• gratified
• appeased
• pacified
• quieted
• consoled
• placated
• comforted
• mollified
• contented
• conciliated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of petitioned

Hickerson petitioned the court to reduce his felony domestic violence convictions to misdemeanors and to expunge the case from his record. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Madigan has since petitioned the Supreme Court to hear his case, a request that is pending. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Espinosa and her attorney, Migdalia Perez, had petitioned the Sixth District Court of Appeal in May to stop Downs’ investigation, arguing the state ethics commission had authority over the matter. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

In June, the city petitioned the Orange County Superior Court to review the matter, citing not only the incorrect publication of the notice, but also the activist group’s failure to publish the notice in three locations in the city. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026

The trust fund fight began in June, when Reiner first petitioned for the money in probate court. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

This year, more than 1,400 UC faculty members—including several mathematics department chairs—petitioned the university to reinstate standardized testing, citing steep declines in incoming students' math preparedness. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

After Kendall’s defense petitioned for weapons charges to be tried in front of a judge rather than a jury, he was also found guilty of possessing an assault weapon. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Pfeiffer, a military vet himself, has collected hundreds of pages of records about the crash and his great uncle over the years, and, like Livingston, petitioned DOD to disinter the remains. — Hope McKenney, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026