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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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