petition
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(verb) write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing |
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Related Words: bespeak, call for, quest, request |
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(noun) a formal message requesting something submitted to an authority |
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Synonyms: request |
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Related Words: appeal, application, collection, content, demand, ingathering, message, solicitation, subject matter, substance |
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(noun) reverent petition to a deity |
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Synonyms: communion, orison, prayer |
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Related Words: asking, benediction, blessing, collect, commination, grace, intercession, invocation, request, requiescat, supplication, thanksgiving |
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