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noun
the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: petition, appeal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: allurement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enticement, temptation
noun
request for a sum of money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: appeal, collection, ingathering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: request, petition, postulation
Narrower terms: whip-round
noun
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entreaty, prayer, appeal
Narrower terms: beggary, begging, mendicancy, touch, importunity, urgency, urging
History
From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
