Petition

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

petition (noun)

an earnest request - entreaty

a) a formal written request made to an official person or organized body (as a court)

b) a document embodying such a formal written request

something asked or requested

petition (verb)

transitive verb

intransitive verb

to make a request to - solicit to make a request , especially to make a formal written request

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

petition (noun)

an earnest request

SYNONIMS:

adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication

RELATED WORDS:

application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence

petition (verb)

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

SYNONIMS:

appeal (to), beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate

RELATED WORDS:

bludge [], cadge, mooch, sponge; ask, desire, invoke, request, sue; claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, require

NEAR ANTONYMS:

hint, imply, intimate, suggest; appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy; comfort, console, content, quiet