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   Pe·ti·tion

   /pəˈtiSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause: "she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields" Similar appealround robinlist of signatures/protesters
   • ▪ an appeal or request, especially a solemn or humble one to a deity or a superior: "a steady stream of petitions to Allah were audible" Similar entreatysupplicationpleaprayerappealrequestapplicationinvocationsuitarchaic:orisonrare:imploration
   • ▪ an application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.: "a divorce petition"

   verb

   • 1. make or present a formal request to (an authority) with respect to a particular cause: "Americans who moved west petitioned Congress for admission to the Union as states"
   • ▪ make a solemn or humble appeal to (a figure of authority): "Russell petitioned her father for her hand in marriage"
   • ▪ make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.: "the custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin petitio(n-), from petit- ‘aimed at, sought, laid claim to’, from the verb petere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. petitionable adjective
   • 2. petitionary adjective

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   What does petition mean in a sentence?

   • Petition definition: a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit. See examples of PETITION used in a sentence.

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   Where does the word petition come from?

   • From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”) . A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.

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   What is a petition for legal protection?

   • A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause. We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.

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   What does it mean to petition a company?

   • If a company treats its workers poorly, labor activists might stand in front of that company with signs to let the public know what is happening. To petition isto ask for something—in particular, to ask for something that the person or organization you are asking might not want to give you.

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   noun. /pəˈtɪʃn/ a written document signed by a large number of people that asks somebody in a position of authority to do or change something. petition against something Would you like to sign our petition against experiments on animals? petition for something The workers are getting up (= starting) a petition for tighter safety standards.

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    Jun 2, 2024 · petition (plural petitions) A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.