Petition synonyms
pə-tĭsh'ən
Category:
Part of speech:
Something asked for
law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
To be attractive or interesting:
(Law) To petition (a court) for legal redress
present a petition
To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of
petitionary
Supplicatory; making a petition
supplicatory
Begging, humbly beseeching, imploring
To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
To make a proposal or overtures to with a specific end in view:
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The definition of an entreaty is an earnest request.
obsecration
An earnest supplication made in the name of God
The action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal.
A computer program with an interface, enabling people to use the computer as a tool to accomplish a specific task. Word processing, spreadsheet, and communications software are all examples of applications.
To bring into nearness or contact with something; put on, upon, or to:
To ask for (food or money, for instance) as a beggar.
To request earnestly; beg for:
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To call is to make a sound intended to attract a person's attention, or is when an animal makes a special sound to attract other animals, or to use the telephone to contact someone.
(Obs.) To speak or write (of)
To appeal to in supplication; beseech:
To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of
To provide an argument or appeal:
(Archaic) To ask (someone) imploringly for something; beseech. Used chiefly in the phrase I pray you to introduce a polite or urgent request or question:
To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of
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declaration (related)
ballot (related)
petitioner (related)
letter (related)
summons (related)
deputation (related)
To use a proper form in speaking to
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(Law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application:
seek (related)
To inquire for; request:
(Logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument
The definition of an orison is a wish or communication with God.
Find another word for petition. In this page you can discover 41 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for petition, like: request, law, prayer, appeal, ask, sue, put in, supplication, present a petition, beseeching and petitionary.
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