solicitation

Pronunciation: /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
  2. noun request for a sum of money
  3. noun the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

Etymology

From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
entreaty
Narrower (hyponyms)
importunity, touch, beggary

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