Associations to the word «Petition»
Noun
- Signing
- Exemption
- Detention
- Cancellation
- Remove
- Tribunal
- Wording
- Begging
- Protector
- Allegation
- Bail
- Memorial
- Pension
- Dissent
- Abandonment
- Candidacy
- Czar
- Restoration
- Conviction
- Icc
- Commoner
- Lithuanian
- Drafting
- Deni
- Recount
- Violation
- Archbishop
- Misconduct
- Legality
- Campaigner
- Enactment
- Faulkner
- Marlborough
- Receipt
- Applicant
- Burgh
- Libel
- Colony
- Inhabitant
- Amnesty
- Importation
- Chosen
- Edict
- Plumbing
- Permit
- Calvert
- Counsel
- Gao
- Proceeding
- Backlash
- Statute
- Olive
- Outcry
- Vatican
- Brief
- Synod
- Constitution
- Government
- Bishop
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PETITION, noun. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
PETITION, noun. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
PETITION, noun. (legal) A formal written request for judicial action.
PETITION, noun. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
PETITION, verb. To make a request, commonly in written form.
PETITION OF RIGHT, noun. (UK) (legal) (historical) A remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown.
Dictionary definition
PETITION, noun. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
PETITION, noun. Reverent petition to a deity.
PETITION, verb. Write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing.
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