Antonyms for petition

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : puh-tish-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈtɪʃ ən

Definition of petition

Origin : early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cf. Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.

noun appeal, plea
verb plead, appeal for

Example sentences :

And in the meantime a trireme was despatched in all haste to carry their petition to Sparta.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

What do we acknowledge and for what do we pray in this petition?
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

This petition does not imply, therefore, that we are to make God's name holy.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

The praying of this petition presupposes a penitent state of heart.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

If we are not truly penitent, this petition is a mockery on our lips.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Her son, who could write a very legible hand, wrote the petition.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Her innocence was apparent to the priest, her petition heard in heaven.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Let me this once be heard with patience, and have my petition granted.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The votaries of the saint will get up a petition to have his body moved.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

I do not ask you to petition or to do any other act in favor of the Irish.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Synonyms for petition

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