Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 16 compound words that contain petition. The most common are listed below. Open petition in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- petition of rightA remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown.
- e-petitionA petition that is published on the Internet to be signed by online supporters.
- re-petitionTo petition again.
Compound words 16
- petitionerSomeone who presents a petition to a court.
- petitionarysupplicatory or asking; making a petition
- counterpetitionAn opposing petition set up in response to another petition.
- petitionableThat can be petitioned
- petitionalOf or relating to a petition.
- petitioneeSomeone who is petitioned.
- petitionistA petitioner; one who submits a petition.
- petitioneththird-person singular simple present indicative of petition: 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 …
- competitionThe action of competing.
- petitionersplural of petitioner: Someone who presents a petition to a court.