A solemn supplication or request to a superior authority; an entreaty.
파생어
petitionary [형]
예문
1. They petitioned that the king set the prisoner free. (그들은 왕에게 죄수를 석방해 달라고 청원했다) 2. petition a person for pardon (…에게 용서를 빌다) 3. petition the mayor (시장에게 청원하다) 4. petition a person to do something (…에게 …을 해 달라고 간청하다) 5. petition to be allowed to go (가게 해 달라고 진정하다)
