solicitation
[suh-lis-i-tey-shuh n]
- the act of soliciting.
- entreaty, urging, or importunity; a petition or request.
- enticement or allurement.
- Law.
- the crime of asking another to commit or to aid in a crime.
- the act of a prostitute soliciting in a public place.
Origin of solicitation
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Examples from the Web for solicitation
Contemporary Examples
APN will not send you any other content—no spam, no solicitation.
The solicitation of campaign donations from foreign nationals is prohibited by the Federal Election Campaign Act.
Historical Examples
After the husband is deserted, the children are objects of her solicitation, and they are visited.
Welsh Folk-LoreElias Owen
For he would not have assumed the office but for her solicitation, she knew well.
Trail's EndGeorge W. Ogden
On the way Winnifred, at the solicitation of the Marchioness, related her story.
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense NovelsStephen Leacock
At my solicitation he gave me a hearing—at his own home—treated me best in the world.
Frenzied FinanceThomas W. Lawson
The dog will worry us by its fuss, its solicitation, its desire to be petted.
The Complex VisionJohn Cowper Powys
Word Origin and History for solicitation
n.
late 15c., "management," from Middle French solicitation and directly from Latin solicitationem (nominative solicitatio) "vexation, disturbance, instigation," noun of action from past participle stem of solicitare (see solicit). Meaning "action of soliciting" is from 1520s. Specific sexual sense is from c.1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper