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Synonyms for petition
pəˈtɪʃ ənpe·ti·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  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.

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

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

    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 Antonyms4.0 / 4 votes

  1. petition

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

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

Princeton's WordNet3.7 / 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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. petitionnoun

    Synonyms:
    request, prayer, supplication, entreaty, suit, solicitation, application, appeal, address

  2. petitionverb

    Synonyms:
    entreat, pray, supplicate, solicit, crave, ask, beg, apply to, make application to, prefer a request to

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. petitionnoun

    Synonyms:
    entreaty, supplication, prayer

  2. petitionverb

    Synonyms:
    entreat, supplicate, pray

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "petition":

    request, petitions, application, petitioner, complaint, motion, demand

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How to use petition in a sentence?

  1. Ann Maria Nankabirwa:

    These are my constituents telling me, i can't ignore their voices. They want the age limit removed for Museveni to stand again and I have no choice but to take their petition to the party.

  2. Howard Schultz:

    I don’t think a union has a place in Starbucks, if a de minimis group of people … file for a petition to be unionized, they have a right to do so. But we as a company have a right also to say, we have a different vision that is better.

  3. Bart Katureebe:

    We find that there was non-compliance with the principles of free and fair elections, but we are not satisfied that non-compliance affected the result in a substantial manner... This petition is dismissed.

  4. Al Alwi:

    Everything Moath has done for the 17 years that he has languished without charge at Guantanamo - from this petition, to his earlier hunger strikes, to the virtuosic art he has produced in the face of government censorship - has been with the single aim of reaffirming his dignity in the face of injustice, justice Breyer's statement helps draw attention to that ongoing injustice and, hopefully, it brings Moath one step closer to its end.

  5. Mark Werksman:

    He is extremely remorseful and has admitted the juvenile petition in order to demonstrate his remorse and his willingness to accept the consequences of his actions.


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