petition | ||
1. | [ noun ] a formal message requesting something submitted to an authority | |
Synonyms: | request postulation | |
Related terms: | message application demand solicitation motion | |
2. | [ verb ] write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing | |
Related terms: | request supplicate request | |
3. | [ noun ] (religion) reverent petition to a deity | |
Synonyms: | prayer orison communion | |
Related terms: | request invocation requiescat collect prayer_wheel grace intercession benediction deprecation commination pray | |
Similar spelling: |
petitioner petitionary petiteness |