- a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty
- a formal writing or document embodying such a request, addressed to a specific person or group and often signed by a number of petitioners
- something that is asked or entreated: to grant a petition
- Law a written formal request or plea in which specific court action is asked for: a petition for rehearing
Origin of petition
Old French from Classical Latin petitio (gen. petitionis) from petere, to seek, rush at, fall: see feather- to address a petition to; ask formally or earnestly
- to ask for; solicit
to make a petition
