Associations to the word «Petition»
Noun
- Verdict
- Trier
- Committee
- Taxpayer
- Campaigning
- Boniface
- Prohibition
- Eunuch
- Trustee
- Censor
- Li
- Constituent
- Phi
- Designation
- Elector
- Congregation
- Recourse
- Assembly
- Priory
- Commission
- Pamphlet
- File
- Stud
- Puritan
- Rights
- Solicitor
- Loyalist
- Approval
- Commissioner
- Recognition
- Refusal
- Abandon
- Massachusetts
- Incarceration
- Benedict
- Wei
- Merchant
- Asking
- Hartford
- Adultery
- Secession
- Discharge
- Confinement
- Judiciary
- Parole
- License
- Congress
- Knesset
- Mercy
- Wang
- Demonstration
- Libertarian
- Porte
- Negroes
- Lyon
- Posting
- Landowner
- Crown
- Xvi
- Council
- Quincy
- Alderman
- Right
- Spouse
- Excise
- Notary
- Erection
- Treasury
- Proprietor
- Freedman
- Build
Adjective
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.
Wise words
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.