Petition Synonyms

pə-tĭshən
An application to a higher authority, as for sanction or a decision
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. appeal
  2. prayer
To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. address
  2. appeal
  3. apply
  4. request
  5. sue
  6. application
  7. ask
  8. beg
  9. beseech
  10. call
  11. entreat
  12. entreaty
  13. approach
  14. implore
  15. invoke
  16. plea
  17. plead
  18. pray
  19. prayer
  20. proposal
  21. solicit
  22. supplicate
A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prayer
  2. appeal
  3. request
  4. supplication
  5. complaint
  6. entreaty
  7. obsecration
  8. solicitation
  9. postulation
  10. orison
To make application to a higher authority, as to a court of law
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. appeal
  2. request
  3. present a petition
  4. sue
To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. apply
  2. put in
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. beseeching
  2. petitionary
  3. supplicatory

Words Related to Petition

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Petition Sentence Examples

  • The plea was included in a petition to the first parliament of Charles II.

  • This petition, of course, was rejected.

  • With the royal sanction a petition was addressed to Sixtus IV.

  • No, I can't petition him myself--that would be too bold.

  • Opposition on petition could be heard before a select committee or a joint committee as in the case of private bills.

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