Petition
Petition noun - An earnest request.
Usage example: a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations
Pleading is a synonym for petition in supplication topic. In some cases you can use "Pleading" instead a noun "Petition", when it comes to topics like prayer.
Pleading
Pleading noun - An earnest request.
Usage example: coldhearted tourists pointedly ignoring the pleadings of the city's many street urchins
Petition is a synonym for pleading in supplication topic. You can use "Petition" instead the word "Pleading" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as prayer.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- desire and petition
- desire and pleading
- invocation and petition
- invocation and pleading
- supplication and petition
- supplication and pleading
- application and petition
- application and pleading
- entreat and petition
- entreat and pleading
- appeal and petition
- appeal and pleading
- request and petition
- request and pleading
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Pleading and Petition. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/petition/pleading
Petition & Pleading. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/petition/pleading>.
Pleading or Petition. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/petition/pleading.
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