Synonyms 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.

   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.

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1. petition

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

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

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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:
   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

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1. petitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, supplication, prayer

2. petitionverb

   Synonyms:
   entreat, supplicate, pray

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1. List of paraphrases for "petition":

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

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1. Judge Lund:

   The conservatorship is no longer needed or required, and therefore the petition for termination is granted.

2. Anne Dunsmore:

   What he's done is he's hurt people in their homes. We didn't make that up, we don't have to tell people that. We just have to say,' Over here. If Anne Dunsmore're angry, here's what Anne Dunsmore can do about it : Come in, volunteer, sign the petition, give money,'.

3. Benny Wenda:

   This petition was bravely smuggled from West Papua across the border into Papua New Guinea then to Europe.

4. Rachael Rollins:

   My petition is a call for order to be returned to our courts, to ensure the fair administration of justice, and to restore the public's trust in the integrity of our legal system, the people of Suffolk County elected me to do exactly what I am doing.

5. State Bar Court:

   The State Bar of California has filed a petition to enroll this licensee on interim inactive status, alleging that the licensees conduct poses a substantial threat of harm to clients or the public, the petition involves a charge that the licensee engaged in a major misappropriation of client funds.