re-petition

• a word derived from petition.
  petition

  noun

  a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit.

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re-petition

Sen. Joey Hensley, a Republican from Hohenwald, said the new proposal “sets up a procedure that the offender, after two years, could re-petition the court if their circumstances change.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2020

Other examples include re-creation, re-petition, repress, re-sent, re-serve, re-sign, re-sort, re-treat.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Related Words

• ask
• beg
• beseech
• call upon
• implore
• pray
• seek
• sue
• urge