Repetition

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rep⋅e⋅ti⋅tion

[rep-i-tish-uh

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–noun

1.	the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

2.	repeated utterance; reiteration.

3.	something made by or resulting from repeating.

4.	a reproduction, copy, or replica.

5.	Civil Law. an action or demand for the recovery of a payment or delivery made by error or upon failure to fulfill a condition.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< OF repeticion) < L repetītiōn- (s. of repetītiō), equiv. to repetīt(us) (ptp. of repetere to repeat ) + -iōn- -ion

pe⋅ti⋅tion

[puh-tish-uh

–noun

1.	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: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.

2.	a request made for something desired, esp. a respectful or humble request, as to a superior or to one of those in authority; a supplication or prayer: a petition for aid; a petition to God for courage and strength.

3.	something that is sought by request or entreaty: to receive one's full petition.

4.	Law. an application for a court order or for some judicial action.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to beg for or request (something).

6.	to address a formal petition to (a sovereign, a legislative body, etc.): He received everything for which he had petitioned the king.

7.	to ask by petition for (something).

–verb (used without object)

8.	to present a petition.

9.	to address or present a formal petition.

10.	to request or solicit, as by a petition: to petition for redress of grievances.

Origin:
1300–50; ME peticioun (< MF peticion) < L petītiōn- (s. of petītiō) a seeking out, equiv. to petīt(us) (ptp. of petere to seek) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:

pe⋅ti⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective

pe⋅ti⋅tion⋅er, pe⋅ti⋅tion⋅ist, noun

Synonyms:
1. suit. 2. entreaty, solicitation, appeal. 9. solicit, sue. See appeal.

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rep·e·ti·tion (rěp'ĭ-tĭsh'ən)

The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.

[Middle English repeticioun, from Old French repeticion, from Latin repetītiō, repetītiōn-, from repetītus, past participle of repetere, to repeat; see repeat.]
rep'e·ti'tion·al adj.

Word Origin & History

petition (n.)

c.1330, "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from O.Fr. peticiun (12c.), from L. petitionem (nom. petitio) "a request, solicitation," noun of action from petere "to require, seek, go forward," also "to rush at, attack," ult. from PIE base *pet-/*pte- "to rush, to fly" (cf. Skt. patram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Gk. piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" O.E. feðer "feather;" L. penna "feather, wing;" O.C.S. pero "feather;" O.Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from 1414. The verb is 1607, from the noun.

repetition

1526, "act of saying over again," from L. repetitionem (nom. repetitio), from repetitus, pp. of repetere "do or say again" (see repeat). Of actions, attested from 1597. Repetitious is recorded from 1675; repetitive is from 1839.

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: petition
Function: transitive verb
: to direct a petition to <petition the court> intransitive verb : to make a petition <petition for relief> —pe·ti·tion·er noun

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