petition

Meaning

Noun

1. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
2. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
3. A formal written request for judicial action.
4. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.

Verb

To make a request to, commonly in written form.

Synonyms

request

application

appeal

entreaty

prayer

supplication

plea

demand

beseech

plead

solicitation

solicit

complaint

implore

supplicate

suit

entreat

beg

pray

🛐

representation

ask

memorial

question

❓

appeal to

pleading

seek

🔍

wish

complain

formal request

desire

call upon

report to

invoke

please

postulation

inquiry

motion

apply

submission

requisition

brief

claim

make a complaint

order

orison

reference

relation

report

retrieve

seek out

submit

summons

suppliance

take out

tap

task

urge

written complaint

earnest request

access

monitoring

Hakea

air one’s grievance

have jointly signed

submit a joint letter

request for retrial

write in for

memorialization

proposal

anoa

application form

apply for

asking

beat about

bespeak

bidding

boon

bring

call

citation

collect

declaration

deprecation

dispute

efforts

enquiry

feedback

fetch

gather up

get

hunt

importunity

information retrieval

intercede

invocate

invocation

letter

look for

memo

📝

memoir

memorandum

need

negotiation

note

persistence

pick up

plaint

praise

pray to

search

put in

quest

recitation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).