petition
Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
The English word “petition” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
- A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
- A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).
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