Petition vs Readiness - What's the difference?
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A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
(legal) A formal written request for judicial action.
A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
* Bible, 1. Macc. vii. 37
The state or degree of being ready.
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As nouns the difference between petition and readiness
is that petition is a formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures while readiness is the state or degree of being ready.As a verb petition
is to make a request, commonly in written form.petition
English
(wikipedia petition)Noun
(en noun)- A house of prayer and petition for thy people.