solicitation

From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.

• IPA^(key): /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: so‧li‧ci‧ta‧tion

solicitation (countable and uncountable, plural solicitations)

1. the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal

   Synonyms: petition, appeal

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Secretaryship”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 127:

     "The instances you have quoted," replied the other, "are certainly very encouraging! Homer past a life in blindness and beggary; Columbus, in vain solicitation and feverish disappointment; and Luther's was spent in struggle, imprisonment, and danger...

2. (US, law) 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

• applicant

• coalitionist