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pe⋅ti⋅tion

  [puh-tish-uhn]
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–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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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