petition
Meaning of petition
noun
- A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
- A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
- A formal written request for judicial action.
- A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
- To make a request to, commonly in written form.
The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.
Information about petition
- The plural form of petition is: petitions.
- Languages in which petition is used:
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Hyphenation of petition
pe-ti-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- petition is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
petition synonyms
Meaning request:
Meaning prayer:
Translation of petition
- French: demande, pétition
- Italian: istanza, petizione
- German: Antrag, Petition
- Spanish: instancia, petición
- Portuguese: instância, petição
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