Antonyms for petition
pəˈtɪʃ ənpe·ti·tion

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1. petition

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. petition

   Antonyms:
   deprecation, expostulation, protect, command, injunction, claim, demand, requirement, exaction, dictation

   Synonyms:
   supplication, entreaty, craving, application, appeal, salutation, prayer, request, instance

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1. • Request

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. request, petition, postulationnoun

   a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

   Synonyms:
   prayer, request, orison, predication, asking, postulation

2. prayer, petition, orisonverb

   reverent petition to a deity

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, orison, prayer, postulation, supplication, supplicant, appeal, request

3. petitionverb

   write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

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1. petitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, supplication, prayer

2. petitionverb

   Synonyms:
   entreat, supplicate, pray

How to use petition in a sentence?

1. Charles Scicluna:

   Every demand and petition must be sent to him who as the leader of the church ... has jurisdiction.

2. Michael Zagaris/San Francisco:

   We’re trying to get as many fans as we can or players, coaches – anybody really – to sign this petition that’s going to get grass fields in all of the NFL stadiums because at the end of the day all that we want is players on the football field playing at a high level, making awesome spectacular plays, that’s what we all want to see and guys that are playing on grass consistently, whether it's their practice fields or game fields and all the surfaces are the same, we have a better likelihood of achieving that goal. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Kittle likened it to other sports like the NBA and NHL where players are practicing and playing on the same surface throughout the season.

3. Jay Sekulow:

   In our petition, we assert that the subpoena violates the U.S. Constitution and therefore is unenforceable. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will grant review in this significant constitutional case and reverse the dangerous and damaging decision of the appeals court.

4. Richard Schager:

   When Lehman filed its bankruptcy petition, it listed 20,000 former employees and told them they had contract claims, it wasn't until the big creditors took over Lehman's shell that the squeeze of employees began, including the recharacterization of contract claims as securities claims.

5. Francis Mwijukye:

   We were failed by the state... We couldn't take a petition to the supreme court.

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