solicitation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
2. (US, countable, uncountable) 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

Synonyms

entreaty

request

petition

appeal

begging

application

supplication

invitation

prayer

collection

allurement

asking

asking for

ingathering

requisition

earnest request

encouragement

carefulness

heedfulness

importunity

incitement

inducement

information retrieval

persuasion

instigation

canvassing

invocation

order

orison

overture

call

plea

bidding

recitation

representation

attendance

monitoring

rogation

suit

summons

approach

wish

canvasing

concern

demand

deprecation

Translations

sollicitation

solicitud

mendicité

Bitte

Ansuchen

التماس

petición

richiesta

طلب

verzoek

Drängen

demande

requête

παράκληση

Antrag

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.