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

Those named in the report petitioned a trial court to prevent its publication, and the court partially agreed, allowing some redactions to be made public. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Our domestic industry petitioned the government to intervene. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

In July, Kohberger petitioned the court in an attempt to take back his plea. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Its request would keep its sublease from being swept into the group of deals LIV Golf has petitioned to reject retroactively, which include player participation contracts and dozens of vendor agreements. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026

The group already was living in New Mexico when a Georgia juvenile court issued a pickup order for the boy after his mother petitioned for emergency custody. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

The Republican commissioners added language to the chief expansion question, which was petitioned onto the ballot as an initiative backed by an outside group called Stop the Power Grab. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026

Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has petitioned a California court for legal guardianship over the 11-year-old daughter the couple had together. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Start of a movement Tensions came to a head in late 1824, when 47 male congregants petitioned leaders at their synagogue, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, to change the liturgy. — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026