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Definition of Petition
1. Noun. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
Exact synonyms: Postulation, Request
Specialized synonyms: Application, Appeal, Collection, Ingathering, Solicitation, Demand
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Petitionary, Request
Specialized synonyms: Application, Appeal, Collection, Ingathering, Solicitation, Demand
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Petitionary, Request
2. Verb. Write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing. "They petition to move "
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Specialized synonyms: Supplicate
Derivative terms: Petitioner
Specialized synonyms: Supplicate
Derivative terms: Petitioner
3. Noun. Reverent petition to a deity.
Exact synonyms: Orison, Prayer
Specialized synonyms: Prayer Wheel, Benediction, Blessing, Collect, Commination, Deprecation, Blessing, Grace, Thanksgiving, Intercession, Invocation, Supplication, Requiescat
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Derivative terms: Pray
Specialized synonyms: Prayer Wheel, Benediction, Blessing, Collect, Commination, Deprecation, Blessing, Grace, Thanksgiving, Intercession, Invocation, Supplication, Requiescat
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Derivative terms: Pray
Definition of Petition
1. n. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
2. v. t. To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
3. v. i. To make a petition or solicitation.
Definition of Petition
1. to make a formal request [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petition
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