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petition Etymology Atlas

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., A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority. Pro
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