petition
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
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Sense 2 verb
write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
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Sense 3 noun
reverent petition to a deity
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | request |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | petition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | petitionary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | application |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingathering |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | request |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | petitioner |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplicate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pray |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | asking |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prayer wheel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | benediction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | collect |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | commination |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deprecation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thanksgiving |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | intercession |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | invocation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | requiescat |