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petition

noun as in appeal, plea

verb as in plead, appeal for

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A Change.org petition asking A&E to drop the show is already making the rounds online.

A petition has been delivered in Nevada that will put a similar measure to the one in Washington on the ballot in 2016.

It had more petition signatures than any previous Nevada ballot initiative.

Wahlberg filed his petition for a pardon to the governor of Massachusetts on November 26.

The petition, open to any citizen to join, gathered forty thousand signatures in the first three months.

The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.

If he does not inhibit or exclude from his mind the word “Petition” he can make no advance.

I humbly petition your Majesty to be pleased to order that he be despatched here, so that this so urgent need may be supplied.

The clerical staff in all the offices had combined and presented a petition in the highest quarter.

The petition must be signed and properly verified, and may be afterward amended for cause in the interest of justice.

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On this page you'll find 92 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to petition, such as: application, prayer, request, suit, address, and entreaty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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