counterpetition
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
counterpetition (plural counterpetitions)
- An opposing petition set up in response to another petition.
- 2008 May 18, John Schwartz, “Call Him the Worst Director (Then Duck)”, in New York Times[1]:
- He also noted that there are counterpetitions urging him to keep making films.
Verb[edit]
counterpetition (third-person singular simple present counterpetitions, present participle counterpetitioning, simple past and past participle counterpetitioned)
- To petition in opposition to another petition.