counterpetition
noun
coun·ter·pe·ti·tion ˌkau̇n-tər-pə-ˈti-shən 
variants or counter-petition
plural counterpetitions or counter-petitions
: a petition that supports or advocates positions or actions counter to those supported or advocated in another petition : an opposing petition
After a senior voiced her concerns and started a petition, the school principal canceled the tradition. … A counterpetition has 100 signatures.
Frances Wang
Frances Wang
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1674, in the meaning defined above
- consistency
- consistent
- consistent equations
- consistently
- consisting
- consisting (of)
- consisting in
- consisting of
- consistometer
- consistorial
- consistorian
- consistories
- consistory
- consists
- consists (of)
- consists in
- consists of
- consociate
- consociated
- consociates
- consociating
- consociation
- consociational
- consociationism
- consociations