'Petition' definitions:
Definition of 'petition'
From: WordNet
noun
A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation]
noun
verb
Write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
Definition of 'Petition'
From: GCIDE
- Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, n. [F. p['e]tition, L. petitio, fr. petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather, or find.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- A house of prayer and petition for thy people. --1 Macc. vii. 37. [1913 Webster]
- This last petition heard of all her prayer. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Specifically: (Law), A request to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right, or for the legislature to take a specific action; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind. The petition may be signed by one or any number of persons. [1913 Webster + PJC]
- 4. The written document containing a petition (senses 1 or 2). [1913 Webster]
- Petition of right (Law), a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal, from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself. --Mozley & W.
- The Petition of Right (Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Petition'
From: GCIDE
- Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Petitioning.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Petition'
From: GCIDE
- Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. i. To make a petition or solicitation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'petition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- aid prayer,
- Angelus,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- application,
- apply for,
- apply to,
- ask,
- asking,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- beg,
- beseech,
- beseechment,
- bidding prayer,
- breviary,
- call on,
- call upon,
- chaplet,
- circulate a petition,
- collect,
- commune with God,
- communion,
- contemplation,
- demand,
- desire,
- devotions,
- entreat,
- entreaty,
- expressed desire,
- give thanks,
- grace,
- Hail Mary,
- impetration,
- imploration,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecation,
- indent,
- intercession,
- invocation,
- invoke,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- litany,
- make supplication,
- meditation,
- memorialize,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- offer a prayer,
- orison,
- Paternoster,
- plea,
- plead,
- pray,
- pray over,
- prayer,
- prayer wheel,
- prefer a petition,
- recite the rosary,
- request,
- requisition,
- return thanks,
- rogation,
- rosary,
- say grace,
- sign a petition,
- silent prayer,
- solicit,
- solicitation,
- sue,
- suit,
- supplicate,
- supplication,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving,
- wish
Words containing 'Petition'
- Petit,
- Petitioned,
- Petitioning,
- petite,
- petiteness,
- Petit constable,
- Petit jury,
- Petit larceny,
- Petit larceny are,
- Petit maitre,
- Petit mal,
- Petit sergeanty,
- Petit serjeanty,
- Petit treason,
- Petition of right,
- The Petition of Right,
- petit bourgeois,
- petit dejeuner,
- petit four,
- petit juror,
- petit point,
- petite bourgeoisie,
- petite marmite,
- petit mal epilepsy