petition

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Synonyms: petitio, position, perdition, partition, sedition, repetition, appetition, detrition, dentition, potation, redition

Antonyms: petitio, position, perdition, partition, sedition, repetition, appetition, detrition, dentition, potation, redition

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

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]]. {{defdate|from early 15th c.}}
{{lb|en|law|by extension}} A [[formal]] written application made to a [[magistrate]] or [[court]] for an [[order]] or a [[suit]] for [[divorce]]. {{defdate|from 1730s}}
A [[prayer]] or [[supplication]], especially of which is [[formal]] or [[humble]] and made to a [[deity]], a [[sovereign]], or an [[authority]]. {{defdate|from c. 1330}}

{{lb|en|transitive}} To make a [[petition#Noun|petition]] to (a sovereign or political authority).

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