Solicitation
[sə,lɪsɪ'teɪʃən] or [sə,lɪsə'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money).
(noun.) request for a sum of money; 'an appeal to raise money for starving children'.
(noun.) an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; 'a solicitation to the king for relief'.
Checker: Seymour--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Entreaty, importunity, supplication, imploration, appeal, petition, address, insistence, urgency, suit.[2]. Invitation, summons, bidding, call.
Edited by Josie
Examples
- I have no doubt that their leaving was at the earnest solicitation of the War Department. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Her visits there, beginning by chance, were continued by solicitation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Arthur mentioned his name, and his having promised to call, on the solicitation of Mr Chivery. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They only came forth gracefully on solicitation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Woodcourt would have remained outside, but at my solicitation went in with us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Sidney