Clues for the word "PETITION"
We've had 21 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 28 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on August 10, 2026.
Definition of petition
- n. - A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
- n. - A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
- v. t. - To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
- v. i. - To make a petition or solicitation.
Referring Clues
- Amendment impetus, maybe
- Start of an initiative
- Formal request
- Reason to gather signatures
- Signed appeal
- Solicit
- Request with a list of signatures
- Document with many signatures, maybe
- Solemn supplication
- Request
- Request lowly worker to hold it up twice
- Request, maybe signed by many
- Appeal
- Request (often by many)
- Tiptoe in order to get round robin, perhaps
- Request with many signatures
- Request a small charge
- Sarkozy's small - no one offered up a prayer
- It might have many names
- Entreaty
- Small Parisian club not right for solicitation
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - August 10, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 30, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 09, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - November 29, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - February 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 09, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - March 12, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 20, 2012
- Chronicle of Higher Education - June 03, 2011
- Guardian Speedy - November 21, 2010
- Universal - September 18, 2009
- Family Time - August 10, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - November 25, 2008
- Universal - June 25, 2008
- Guardian Quick - May 01, 2008
- Guardian Quick - July 24, 2007
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 19, 2007
- Guardian Quick - August 12, 2005
- New York Times - July 15, 2004
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 16, 2004
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 23, 2004
- New York Times - April 20, 2002
- Washington Post - September 07, 2001
- Guardian Cryptic - February 08, 2001
- Guardian Cryptic - July 03, 2000