solicitation
Pronunciations (2)
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/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
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səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən
Noun
the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
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"The instances you have quoted," replied the other, "are certainly very encouraging! Homer past a life in blindness and beggary; Columbus, in vain solicitation and feverish disappointment; and Luther's was spent in struggle, imprisonment, and danger...
an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime
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Noun
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
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a solicitation to the king for relief
request for a sum of money
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an appeal to raise money for starving children
the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
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Word forms
solicitations