Answer and Petition

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

Petition is an antonym for answer.

Petition

Petition verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.

Answer is an antonym for petition in plead topic.

How words are described

common common answer common petition
popular popular answer popular petition

Common collocations

time answer time petition time

Both words in one sentence

  • War God He's also one of only two of the gods we ever see even attempt to answer the petition of his followers.
    Source: War God
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