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petition

(p/I/'t/I//S//@/n )

a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority(noun.communication)

Synonym:
postulation, request

source: wordnet30
reverent petition to a deity(noun.communication)

Synonym:
orison, prayer

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a petition or solicitation.(verb)

source: webster1913

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