German Meaning of petition

Petition

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Definitions and Meaning of petition in English

Wordnet

petition (n)

a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

reverent petition to a deity

Wordnet

petition (v)

write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

Webster

petition (n.)

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.

A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.

Webster

petition (v. t.)

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.

Webster

petition (v. i.)

To make a petition or solicitation.

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Petition

a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority, reverent petition to a deity, write a petition for something to somebody; request forma

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petitio principii => Circulus vitiosus, petitio => Petition, petiteness => Zierlichkeit, petite marmite => Kleine Marmite, petite bourgeoisie => Kleinbürgertum,