solicitation
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solicitation
- /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.
noun solicitations
- the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal "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
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: appeal, collection, allurement, ingathering, soliciting, solicitor, petition, entreatment, plea, petitioner, tenderer, tendering, bidding, offer, summons, request
Translations
Every language
noun instance of soliciting
| Español | solicitación |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | याचना yācnā |
| Português | solicitação |
| Français | sollicitation |
| Italiano | sollecitazione, richiesta |
| Русский | хода́тайство xodátajstvo |
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