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Petitions
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
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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.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Petitions"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| requestnoun | A formal message requesting something. |
| orisonnoun | A prayer. |
| communionnoun | (Christianity) Holy Communion; the Eucharist. |
| prayernoun | (uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. |
| appealsnoun | A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation. |
| applicationsnoun | (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.) |
| asksverb | To request or petition. |
| callsnoun | A cry or shout. |
| casesnoun | An actual event, situation, or fact. |
| claimsnoun | A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided. |
| communicationsnoun | Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means. |
| complaintsnoun | The act of complaining. |
| demandsnoun | The desire to purchase goods and services. |
| demonstrationsnoun | The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. |
| enquiriesnoun | — |
| grievancesnoun | (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. |
| inquiriesnoun | The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. |
| interrogatories | In law, interrogatories (also known as requests for further information) are a formal set of written questions propounded by one litigant and required to be answered by an adversary in order to clarify matters of fact and help to determine in advance what facts will be presented at any trial in the case. |
| motionsnoun | (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another. |
| ordersnoun | A surname |
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