n. 1 request, application, solicitation, suit, entreaty, supplication, plea, appeal An anti-pollution petition, signed by thousands of people, was delivered to the Department of the Environment
v. 2 request, ask, apply to, apply for, solicit, sue, call upon, entreat, supplicate, plead, appeal (to), appeal (for), beseech, implore, importune, Rare obsecrate The shopkeepers petitioned the council for better police protection