petitioning
Verb
  1. present participle of petition#English|petition
Noun

petitioning (plural petitionings)

  1. The act of making a petition or appeal.
    • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
      They would have turned her forth, I think, but for my own poor petitionings, unceasing in her behalf.



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