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petitions

petitions is the plural of petition.

Meaning of petition

Noun

petition (plural petitions)

  1. A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
    • We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.
    Synonyms:
    suit
  2. (broadly) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
  3. A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
    • a petition to aid

See all 4 meanings of petition

Phrases with petitions

Questions about petitions

What is petitions the plural of?
Petitions is the plural of petition.

Words near petitions in the dictionary

  1. petitioneth
  2. petitioning
  3. petitionings
  4. petitionist
  5. petitionists
  6. petitions
  7. petitions of right
  8. petitios
  9. petitive
  10. Petitjean
  11. petitjeanite

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