petition

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English

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Etymology

Middle English, from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”)

Noun

petition (plural petitions)

  1. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
  2. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
  3. (law) A formal written request for judicial action.

Verb

to petition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)

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

Translations

to make a request
  • Finnish: vedota fi(fi)
  • Russian: подавать ru(ru) (заявление ru(ru), петицию ru(ru), etc.)

 

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