petition

/pətˈɪʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
2. reverent petition to a deity

verb

1. write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

Synonyms for petition

• request
• postulation
• prayer
• orison

Words that rhyme with petition

• position
• condition
• commission
• composition
• opposition
• recognition
• submission
• transition
• addition
• partition
• proposition
• attrition
• decomposition
• emission
• expedition
• mission
• prohibition
• requisition
• transmission
• acquisition
• admission
• apparition
• competition
• deposition
• disposition
• edition
• exposition
• inhibition
• munition
• omission