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

The territory had petitioned for statehood in 1818, but the process was delayed by lawmakers fighting to balance slaveholding and abolitionist states. — USA Today, 28 July 2026

In 2024, Nairobi lawmaker Esther Passaris petitioned Parliament to create one, on behalf of citizens and with the backing of water-sector advocates. — Raul Roman, NPR, 25 July 2026

The three-judge panel sharply questioned the Justice Department’s legal claims, saying little had changed since the government last petitioned the court to have the agreement dissolved in 2020 — a request that was rejected. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

The five nations – the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe and the Pueblo of Zuni – petitioned for the monument together, the first ever created at tribal request. — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

Attorney Raed Gonzalez petitioned the court for the release of Pliego and another witness who was riding in the vehicle, Daniel Tirado Pantoja. — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Jozef, still a seminarian who had entered the congregation and taken the name Damien only three years earlier, bypassed his immediate superiors and petitioned the higher orders in Paris to be allowed to take his place. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Within hours of the vote, opposition parties petitioned the High Court of Justice, which issued a temporary injunction freezing its implementation. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Earlier this year, lawmakers in the country petitioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to impose stronger controls on chipmaking tools. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 17 July 2026