PETITION Synonyms

• a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

• the verbal act of requesting

• express the need or desire for

• ask (a person) to do something

• inquire for (information)

• earnest or urgent request

• attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

• (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

• request for a sum of money

• take a court case to a higher court for review

• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

• be attractive to

• challenge (a decision)

• cite as an authority; resort to

• the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

• a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

• the work of applying something

• a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

• liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

• a diligent effort

• the action of putting something into operation

• a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course

• a method of contacting a person by phone

• a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

• a demand

• the characteristic sound produced by a bird

• a brief social visit

• a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

• a demand for a show of hands in a card game

• a request

• an instruction that interrupts the program being executed

• a visit in an official or professional capacity

• (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee

• the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

• assign a specified (usually proper) name to

• ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• utter a sudden loud cry

• order, request, or command to come

• pay a brief visit

• call a meeting; invite or command to meet

• read aloud to check for omissions or absentees

• send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message

• utter a characteristic note or cry

• stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather

• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

• make a stop in a harbour

• demand payment of (a loan)

• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

• give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

• indicate a decision in regard to

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• present for redemption before maturation

• challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense

• declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee

• lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal

• order or request or give a command for

• order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role

• utter in a loud voice or announce

• challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of

• consider or regard as being

• rouse somebody from sleep with a call

• an impetuous rush toward someone or something

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

• the price charged for some article or service

• the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• a person committed to your care

• financial liabilities (such as a tax)

• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• request for payment of a debt

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• demand payment

• move quickly and violently

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

• file a formal charge against

• make an accusatory claim

• fill or load to capacity

• enter a certain amount as a charge

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

• give over to another for care or safekeeping

• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

• lie down on command, of hunting dogs

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• place a heraldic bearing on

• provide (a device) with something necessary

• direct into a position for use

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

• instruct or command with authority

• attribute responsibility to

• set or ask for a certain price

• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

• saturate

• an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

• an assertion that something is true or factual

• demand for something as rightful or due

• an informal right to something

• an established or recognized right

• a demand

• assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

• demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

• ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example

• lay claim to; as of an idea

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

• a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)

• a slogan used to rally support for a cause

• a fit of weeping

• the characteristic utterance of an animal

• utter a sudden loud cry

• shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

• utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

• proclaim or announce in public

• demand immediate action

• utter a characteristic sound

• bring into a particular state by crying

• an urgent or peremptory request

• the ability and desire to purchase goods and services

• required activity

• the act of demanding

• a condition requiring relief

• request urgently and forcefully

• require as useful, just, or proper

• claim as due or just

• lay legal claim to

• summon to court

• ask to be informed of

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

• earnest or urgent request

• a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

• an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil

• calling up a spirit or devil

• the act of appealing for help

• a humble request for help from someone in authority

• (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

• an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

• the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

• an official form on which a request is made

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

• make a formal request for official services

• demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

• an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status

• request for a sum of money

• the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

• a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

• a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

• a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

• playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

• be agreeable or acceptable to

• be agreeable or acceptable

• accord or comport with

• enhance the appearance of

• a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

• a humble request for help from someone in authority

• the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

• a specific feeling of desire

• an expression of some desire or inclination

• (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

• the particular preference that you have

• to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something

• make or express a wish

• feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of

• order politely; express a wish for

• invoke upon

• reverent petition to a deity