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a serious and determined request

request for help

application bid call claim demand overture petition plea proposal question suit address adjuration entreaty importunity invocation prayer proposition recourse requisition solicitation submission supplication imploration
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1) an earnest request or appeal (especially a written document signed by a large number of people); a formal application made to a court of law (petition)

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