petition: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with N
Meaning of petition
noun
A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
Example: We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.
- broadly
A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
Example: a petition to aid
Listed forms: petitions.
Source: Wiktionary — petition.
verb
- transitive
To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
Example: The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.
Listed forms: petitions, petitioning, petitioned.
Source: Wiktionary — petition.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for petition.
noun
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
noun
reverent petition to a deity
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is petition in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of petition
P(3) + E(1) + T(1) + I(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of petition
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from petition
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