Synonyms of petitioning

petitioning

verb

present participle of petition

as in begging

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

• begging
• praying
• asking
• imploring
• beseeching
• entreating
• supplicating
• requiring
• requesting
• appealing (to)
• besieging
• soliciting
• conjuring
• pleading (to)
• importuning
• invoking
• calling on
• suing
• impetrating
• desiring
• forcing
• insisting
• demanding
• coercing
• claiming
• sponging
• compelling
• cadging
• bludging
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggesting
• implying
• intimating
• hinting
• gratifying
• obliging
• appeasing
• satisfying
• pleasing
• pacifying
• conciliating
• placating
• comforting
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• mollifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of petitioning

Anthropic may appeal today’s ruling, either by asking for an en banc review with all of the appeals court judges or by petitioning the Supreme Court. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2026

Student groups are petitioning the CES to maintain the school’s traditional hiring practices, where the teaching staff isn’t chosen based only on academic credentials, but also on lived experience. — Caterina Morbiato, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

After Russia's refusal to pay the award, Naftogaz has been petitioning national courts seeking court orders to seize Russian commercial assets. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

After Russia’s refusal to pay the 2023 award, Naftogaz has been petitioning national courts seeking orders to seize Russian commercial assets. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Oregon State’s players took the campaign a step further, petitioning state regulators for union representation and the right to bargain with their university. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Chadwick Boseman’s brothers are petitioning to remove his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, as administrator of the late actor’s estate. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

Considering this, state workers’ best bet for improved remote work conditions may be petitioning their next boss — after Newsom leaves office in January — to take a different approach towards telework. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

However, there's already a group petitioning against the idea of the mall becoming an industrial park. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 23 June 2026