Synonyms of petitioning

petitioning

verb

present participle of petition

as in begging

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

petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begging
• praying
• asking
• imploring
• beseeching
• entreating
• supplicating
• requiring
• appealing (to)
• besieging
• requesting
• soliciting
• calling upon
• conjuring
• pleading (to)
• importuning
• invoking
• calling on
• suing
• impetrating
• desiring
• forcing
• insisting
• demanding
• coercing
• claiming
• sponging
• compelling
• cadging
• bludging
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggesting
• implying
• intimating
• hinting
• gratifying
• obliging
• appeasing
• satisfying
• pleasing
• pacifying
• conciliating
• placating
• comforting
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• mollifying

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of petitioning

Often backed by strong unions, which are less common in white-collar office work, this sector has held on to the fading pension while petitioning for historical contracts that include high salaries and safeguards for better conditions. —Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024