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• n  a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
• n  reverent petition to a deity
• v  write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

• The uncompensated workers have waited nearly 850 days for the board to rule on their petition to receive expedited claims processing.
• His name appears on a 2004 petition, demanding to know the truth about 911, whether or not the Bush Administration played a role in 911 so as to justify a war for oil.
• Trunnell's petition seeks to investigate claims that the H1N1 outbreak began in Smithfield's massive pork operation in La Gloria and that the virus may have been caused in part by .

• request
• postulation
• prayer
• orison

News & Articles

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• Petition of the day
  The petition of the day is:
  June 15, 2013 - SCOTUSblog
• Petition Asks Christian School to Forgive Debt of Expelled Lesbian Student
  An online petition that has garnered more than 35,000 signatures says a Christian university should forgive the debt of a former student who was expelled for being gay, though school officials say the university's sexual misconduct and financial policies were made clear in its student handbook.
  June 14, 2013 - The Christian Post
• Petition Calls for Santa Clara Board Resignations
  More than 2,000 signatures have been gathered on a petition for a vote of no confidence to four of the seven school board members.
  June 14, 2013 - NBC Bay Area