PETITIONED Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word petitioned. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PETITIONED
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| applied | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles | ||||||||
| requested | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • asked for | ||||||||
| appealed | verbv | |||||||
noun • 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 verb • 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 | ||||||||
| begged | verbv | |||||||
verb • call upon in supplication; entreat • make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently • ask to obtain free • dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted | ||||||||
| entreated | verbv | |||||||
verb • ask for or request earnestly | ||||||||
| implored | verbv | |||||||
verb • call upon in supplication; entreat | ||||||||
| pled | verbv | |||||||
verb • To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. • To beg, beseech, or implore. • To offer by way of excuse. • To discuss by arguments. | ||||||||
| prayed | verbv | |||||||
verb • address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer • call upon in supplication; entreat | ||||||||
| solicited | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently • make amorous advances towards • approach with an offer of sexual favors • incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination • make a solicitation or petition for something desired | ||||||||
| sued | verbv | |||||||
noun • French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857) verb • institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | ||||||||
| orison | nounn | |||||||
noun • reverent petition to a deity | ||||||||
| postulation | nounn | |||||||
noun • (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument • a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | ||||||||
| prayer | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) • reverent petition to a deity • earnest or urgent request • a fixed text used in praying • someone who prays to God | ||||||||
| request | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority • the verbal act of requesting verb • express the need or desire for • ask (a person) to do something • inquire for (information) | ||||||||
