Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
petition
NOUN:
An application to a higher authority, as for sanction or a decision: appeal. Law :prayer1. SeeASK, LAW.
VERB:
1. To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of: address, appeal, apply, approach. Obsolete :sue. SeeREQUEST. 2. To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission: apply, put in. SeeSEEK. 3. To make application to a higher authority, as to a court of law: Law :appeal, sue. SeeLAW.
