Petition meaning
A solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty.
noun
A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.
noun
To make a petition.
verb
A solemn supplication or request, especially to a superior authority; an entreaty.
noun
To make a request, especially formally.
Petitioned for retrial.
verb
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(law) A formal written request for judicial action.
noun
A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
noun
To address a petition to.
Petitioned the king for a pardon.
verb
To ask for by petition; request formally.
Petitioned that the sentence be reduced.
verb
A formal writing or document embodying such a request, addressed to a specific person or group and often signed by a number of petitioners.
noun
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Something that is asked or entreated.
To grant a petition.
noun
A written formal request or plea in which specific court action is asked for.
A petition for rehearing.
noun
To address a petition to; ask formally or earnestly.
verb
To ask for; solicit.
verb
A formal written request for something to be done or not to be done, delivered to a court or other official body.
noun
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A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
noun
Something requested or entreated.
Granted our petition.
noun
The definition of a petition is a formal written request to a superior by a number of people for a specific purpose.
An example of a petition is someone gathering signatures to submit to voting authorities to put a measure on a ballot.
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Origin of petition
- Middle English peticion from Old French petition from Latin petītiō petītiōn- from petītus past participle of petere to request pet- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English, from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio (“a request, solicitation"), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward")
From Wiktionary