2. (verb)prayer, petition, orison reverent petition to a deity Synonyms: entreaty, orison, prayer, postulation, supplication, supplicant, appeal, petition, request
3. (verb)petition write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'petition'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 b Synonyms: ask, beg, crave, entreat, petition, request, solicit, beseech, demand, implore, pray, require, supplicate Antonyms: claim, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject, command
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