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

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

3. Noun. Reverent petition to a deity.

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. Noun. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. ¹

2. Noun. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) A formal written request for judicial action. ¹

4. Verb. To make a request, commonly in written form. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petition

1. to make a formal request [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petition

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petition (current term)
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Literary usage of Petition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1843)
"By Mr. Chittenden: The petition of Clark Allen and others. By Mr. Clifford : The petition ... By Mr. William Cost Johnson: The petition of Rebecca McCann. ..."

2. Annual Report by Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts (1901)
"Commonwealth (land damage, Everett and Charlestown), petition. Stone с г als. v. ... Commonwealth (West Roxbury), petition. Evangelical Church u. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"Nor do I mean to say, that, if I were to entertain the petition, and ultimately to order according to the prayer of it, and what I ordered was in substance ..."

4. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly (1903)
"Senator Fairbanks address Claims of Felta A. Bolser, George W. Hall and ] petition from George H. Thomas Post, GAR i of Gen. ..."

5. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Rept on petition of trustees of Mt. Holyoke Seminary for an ... Rept of jt committee on petition of près, and trustees of Williams College for removal of ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"petition« may be presented by the following persons: —(1) some person who has voted or had the right to vote at the election ; (2) some person claiming to ..."

7. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Kept, on petition for release from state of certain escheated lands. ... Kept, of comrs. of land office on petition praying for compensation for information ..."

8. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1851)
"By Mr. Thaddeus Stevens: The petition of citizens of Montgomery county, in the State of ... By Mr. Horace Mann: The petition of women of New Bedford, ..."

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