petition

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
2. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
3. A formal written request for judicial action.
4. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.

Verb

To make a request to, commonly in written form.

Concepts

petition

request

application

appeal

entreaty

prayer

supplication

plea

beseech

demand

plead

solicit

solicitation

complaint

implore

suit

supplicate

beg

entreat

pray

memorial

ask

representation

desire

wish

complain

appeal to

formal request

pleading

seek

question

brief

make a complaint

motion

invoke

call upon

postulation

orison

apply

please

claim

submission

requisition

inquiry

order

report to

pray to

air one’s grievance

have jointly signed

submit a joint letter

request for retrial

need

importunity

persistence

invocate

invocation

praise

letter

boon

negotiation

plaint

task

application form

memorialization

suppliance

citation

reference

relation

report

write in for

urge

memo

memoir

memorandum

note

anoa

bespeak

put in

tap

Hakea

access

beat about

bring

collect

fetch

gather up

get

hunt

look for

pick up

quest

retrieve

search

seek out

submit

take out

asking

bidding

call

summons

earnest request

dispute

proposal

enquiry

intercede

apply for

efforts

feedback

written complaint

declaration

deprecation

information retrieval

monitoring

recitation

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).