solicitation

[suh-lis-i-tey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of soliciting.

2. entreaty, urging, or importunity; a petition or request.

3. enticement or allurement.

4. Law.

   1. the crime of asking another to commit or to aid in a crime.

   2. the act of a prostitute soliciting in a public place.

Other Word Forms

• nonsolicitation noun
• presolicitation noun
• resolicitation noun
• supersolicitation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of solicitation¹

First recorded in 1485–95; from Latin sollicitātiōn-, stem of sollicitātiō, from sollicitāt(us) “agitated, worried” (past participle of sollicitāre “to excite, agitate, worry”; solicit ) + -iō -ion

Related Words

• application 
• bid 
• call 
• claim 
• demand 
• overture 
• petition 
• plea 
• proposal 
• question 
• suit