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petition
/pəˈtɪʃən/
noun
A written request signed by many people and sent to an authority.
- “Residents signed a petition asking for a safer crossing.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))