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Webster 1913 Edition


Solicitation

So-licˊi-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[F.
sollicitation
, or L.
sollicitatio
.]
1.
The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
2.
Excitement; invitation;
as, the
solicitation
of the senses
.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Solicitation

SOLICITA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
Earnest request; a seeking to obtain something from another with some degree of zeal and earnestness; sometimes perhaps, importunity. He obtained a grant by repeated solicitations.
2.
Excitement; invitation; as the solicitation of the senses.

Definition 2024


solicitation

solicitation

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Noun

solicitation (plural solicitations)

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

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