Synonyms of petitions

petitions 1 of 2

noun

plural of petition

as in appeals

an earnest request

a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeals
• pleas
• prayers
• pleadings
• cries
• supplications
• desires
• solicitations
• entreaties
• applications
• suits
• demands
• adjurations
• calls
• conjurations
• suppliances
• requisitions
• claims
• insistences

petitions

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verb

present tense third-person singular of petition

as in begs

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

• begs
• prays
• appeals (to)
• requests
• beseeches
• pleads (to)
• importunes
• supplicates
• asks
• entreats
• implores
• solicits
• conjures
• besieges
• calls on
• requires
• impetrates
• invokes
• desires
• sues
• demands
• claims
• sponges
• compels
• bludges
• forces
• insists
• cadges
• coerces
• mooches
• commands

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggests
• hints
• implies
• intimates
• contents
• pleases
• obliges
• satisfies
• gratifies
• consoles
• comforts
• appeases
• conciliates
• quiets
• placates
• pacifies
• mollifies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of petitions

Noun

Assembly Bill 46, which cleared the Senate late last month, gives judges wider latitude to deny diversion petitions and limits the types of crimes for which a defendant can be granted diversion. —James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Republicans who signed discharge petitions this Congress describe their moves as a way to air exasperation with their leadership for not putting bills on the floor. —Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 June 2026

At least four petitions have been launched — by parents, teachers and students — calling on Mamdani and Knicks owner James Dolan to reschedule the parade, or state education officials to move the exams or even give the city a waiver to cancel school. —Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026

Haitians have launched several petitions demanding an investigation into Saturday’s loss to Scotland in their country’s FIFA World Cup opener. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026

Community opposition has also taken the form of petitions. —Sofia Montoya-Deck, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026

For years, the brothers filed petitions for appeals that were denied. —Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

The calendar will include the exact dates by which candidates on the April 2027 ballot would need to file petitions for election. —Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026

In the meantime, employers are left guessing whether the $100,000 charge applies to petitions filed today. —Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 June 2026

Verb

The film hands off its plot like a baton, passing from this dissatisfied shopper to a factory owner to her dead daughter-in-law (another ghost) who petitions the government for her civil rights despite being in the body of an appliance. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026