petitionary
Making a plea
Petitionary describes something that involves or expresses a petition or earnest request.
The term appears most often in religious contexts, where petitionary prayer refers to prayers asking God for something specific, as opposed to prayers of praise or thanksgiving.
Her petitionary tone made clear she was asking for a favor, not demanding one.
Outside religious use, petitionary characterizes any formal or humble request for action or intervention.
Humble plea for help
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- implorationEarnest, urgent appeal
invocation · orison · litany · devotion · pleading · adjuration · suffrage · novena
Formal request or defense
- requestFormal act of seeking
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
importunity · exhortation · remonstrance · begging · groveling · urgent · desperate · earnest
Change in position
- applicationFormal request document
- submissionYielding to another's will
- briefShort in duration
- appellateRelating to appeals
certiorari · mandamus · redress · grievance · complaint · writ · injunction · remand
Advocating to decision-makers
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- activismDirect effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
signatures · endorsement · reform · policy · civic · organizing · mobilizing · canvassing
supplication
Humble plea for help
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
imploration · invocation · orison · litany · devotion · pleading · adjuration · suffrage · novena · collect
plea
Formal request or defense
- requestFormal act of seeking
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
supplication · importunity · exhortation · remonstrance · begging · groveling · urgent · desperate · earnest · heartfelt
motion
Change in position
- applicationFormal request document
- submissionYielding to another's will
- briefShort in duration
appellate · certiorari · mandamus · redress · grievance · complaint · writ · injunction · remand · docket
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- activismDirect effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
coalition · signatures · endorsement · reform · policy · civic · organizing · mobilizing · canvassing · rallying
petitionaryimperative
Unavoidably necessary
commanding · demanding · dictatorial · peremptory · authoritative
petitionaryimperious
Arrogantly authoritative
domineering · lordly · magisterial · high-handed · autocratic
repeat, compete, appetite, petition, impetuous, petitions, petitioning, petitioned, petitioner