PETITION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PETITION?

Need another word that means the same as “petition”? Find 39 synonyms and 30 related words for “petition” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Petition” are: postulation, request, orison, prayer, appeal, round robin, list of protesters, list of signatures, entreaty, supplication, plea, application, invocation, suit, appeal to, ask, call on, entreat, beg, implore, beseech, plead with, make a plea to, pray, apply to, solicit, press, urge, adjure, present one's suit to, importune, ask for, invite, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for

Petition as a Noun

Definitions of "Petition" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “petition” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
• Reverent petition to a deity.
• A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
• An appeal or request to a deity or a superior.
• A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.

Synonyms of "Petition" as a noun (14 Words)

appeal	A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request. The right of appeal.
application	Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin. The application of maximum thrust.
entreaty	An earnest or humble request. An entreaty to stop the fighting.
invocation	An incantation used to invoke a deity or the supernatural. His invocation of the ancient powers of Callanish.
list of protesters	The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.
list of signatures	The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.
orison	A prayer.
plea	A formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply. He made a dramatic plea for disarmament.
postulation	A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. The postulation of the existence of a lost continent.
prayer	Earnest or urgent request. The peace of God is ours through prayer.
request	A tune or song played on a radio programme typically accompanied by a personal message in response to a listener s request. To have our ideas taken seriously is surely a reasonable request.
round robin	A regular route for a sentry or policeman.
suit	A businessman dressed in a business suit. What suit is trumps.
supplication	A prayer asking God’s help as part of a religious service. He fell to his knees in supplication.

Usage Examples of "Petition" as a noun

• She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields.
• A divorce petition.
• A steady stream of petitions to Allah were audible.

Petition as a Verb

Definitions of "Petition" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “petition” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing.
• Make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
• Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.
• Make an appeal to (a deity or superior.

Synonyms of "Petition" as a verb (25 Words)

adjure	Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something. I adjure you to tell me the truth.
appeal for	Be attractive to.
appeal to	Cite as an authority; resort to.
apply for	Give or convey physically.
apply to	Apply to a surface.
ask	Require or ask for as a price or condition. It s asking a lot but could you look through Billy s things.
ask for	Require or ask for as a price or condition.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. I beg you to stop.
beg for	Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.
beseech	Ask for or request earnestly. They beseeched him to stay.
call on	Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of.
entreat	Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. A message had been sent entreating aid for the Navahos.
implore	Beg earnestly for. Please don t talk that way Ellen implored.
importune	Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something. Reporters importuned him with pointed questions.
invite	Invite someone to one s house. His use of the word did little but invite criticism.
make a plea to	Proceed along a path.
petition for	Write a petition for something to somebody request formally and in writing.
plead with	Offer as an excuse or plea.
pray	Address a deity a prophet a saint or an object of worship say a prayer. Pray to the Lord.
present one's suit to	Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.
press	Press and smooth with a heated iron. They continued to press for changes in legislation.
put in for	Put into a certain place or abstract location.
request	Politely or formally ask for. I requested information from the secretary.
solicit	Make a solicitation or petition for something desired. Prostitutes solicit openly on the streets.
urge	Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. He urged her to come and stay with us.

Usage Examples of "Petition" as a verb

• The Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after one year of marriage.
• The custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears.
• The islanders petitioned the government to help them leave St Kilda.
• The organization is petitioning the EU for a moratorium on the patent.
• A Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage.

Associations of "Petition" (30 Words)

appeal	Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request. He said he would appeal against the conviction.
asking	The verbal act of requesting.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. Beg the question.
beseech	Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat. They beseeched him to stay.
cadge	Ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled. He cadged fivers off old school friends.
entreat	Ask earnestly or anxiously for (something. His friends entreated him not to go.
entreaty	An earnest or humble request. An entreaty to stop the fighting.
exhortation	An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something. Exhortations to consumers to switch off electrical appliances.
extradition	The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty. They fought to prevent his extradition to the US.
impeachment	The action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something. The prosecutor s detailed impeachment of the character witness.
implore	Call upon in supplication; entreat. I implore mercy.
invitation	A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something. Tactics like those of the colonel would have been an invitation to disaster.
invite	Invite someone to one s house. Invite criticism.
ouster	Ejection from a property, especially wrongful ejection; deprivation of an inheritance. The junta s ouster of the Emperor.
plea	A formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply. He changed his plea to not guilty.
plead	Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts. Don t go she pleaded.
pray	Address a deity a prophet a saint or an object of worship say a prayer. And what pray was the purpose of that.
prayer	A religious service, especially a regular one, at which people gather in order to pray together. The peace of God is ours through prayer.
proposal	The act of making a proposal. A set of proposals for a major new high speed rail link.
recall	Recall knowledge from memory have a recollection. I can still vaguely recall being taken to the hospital.
request	The verbal act of requesting. To have our ideas taken seriously is surely a reasonable request.
solicit	Make a solicitation or entreaty for something request urgently or persistently. The young man was caught soliciting in the park.
solicitation	The act of accosting someone and offering one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute. A solicitation to the king for relief.
submit	Put before. The panel s report was submitted to a parliamentary committee.
subpoena	Serve or summon with a subpoena. A subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance.
suppliant	One praying humbly for something. Their faces were wary and suppliant.
supplicant	Someone who prays to God. Supplicants prostrate themselves on the floor.
supplicate	Ask humbly (for something. Supplicate God s blessing.
woo	Make amorous advances towards. He wooed her with quotes from Shakespeare.
writ	A piece or body of writing. The two reinstated officers issued a writ for libel against the applicants.