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US
/səˌɫɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
]
[ UK /səlˌɪsɪtˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /səlˌɪsɪtˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
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request for a sum of money
an appeal to raise money for starving children -
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
a solicitation to the king for relief
How To Use solicitation In A Sentence
- By degrees, then, Aram relaxed from his insociability; he seemed to surrender himself to a kindness, the sincerity of which he was compelled to acknowledge; if he for a long time refused to accept the hospitality of his neighbour, he did not reject his society when they met, and this intercourse by little and little progressed, until ultimately the recluse yielded to solicitation, and became the guest as well as companion. Eugene Aram — Volume 01
- In a 1998 solicitation, members were asked to list their favorite CDs of the year.
- Our Task Force on Lawyer Advertising began its work two years ago to address the dual concerns of protecting the public from false or misleading advertising or solicitation by attorneys while recognizing the legitimate interests of lawyers in informing the public about legal services. NY Lawyer Advertising Rules
- The eventual denunciation of a failed withdrawal, even after consecutive solicitations from the clients, will be considered as proof with regards to the bank's unsuitability to operate.
- He recalled his exertions and solicitations, and the history of his project of army reform, which had been accepted for consideration and which they were trying to pass over in silence simply because another, a very poor one, had already been prepared and submitted to the Emperor. War and Peace
- And he's had numerous solicitations from the private sector, to practise law and to sit on corporate boards. Globe and Mail
- The solicitation of readerly sentiment and engagement in the service of lurid formalism lends itself to the aesthete as much as to the reformer, and is neither moral nor immoral.
- In 1900, Berlin allowed street solicitation for registered prostitutes.
- And Michael did, bumping his flanks against Daughtry's knee; nudging his head against Daughtry's hand, in solicitation for more of the blissful ear-rubbing and tail-twisting. CHAPTER 1
- The result was that they couldn't scan their postings even for such nefarious, illegal material as child sex solicitation.
