'Solicitation' definitions:
Definition of 'solicitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief"
noun
Request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering]
noun
The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) [syn: solicitation, allurement]
Definition of 'Solicitation'
From: GCIDE
- Solicitation \So*lic`i*ta"tion\, n. [F. sollicitation, or L. sollicitatio.]
- 1. The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'solicitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addresses,
- all-out campaign,
- allurement,
- blandishment,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- campaign,
- campaign button,
- campaign commitments,
- campaign contribution,
- campaign fund,
- canvass,
- coaxing,
- conning,
- courting,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- exhortation,
- grass-roots campaign,
- hard-hitting campaign,
- harlotry,
- hortation,
- hurrah campaign,
- inducement,
- jawboning,
- lobbying,
- media campaign,
- pandering,
- persuasion,
- pimping,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- prostitution,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- selling,
- snow job,
- soft soap,
- soliciting,
- streetwalking,
- stump excursion,
- stumping tour,
- suasion,
- suit,
- sweet talk,
- wheedling,
- whistle-stop campaign,
- whoredom,
- whoremastery,
- whoremonging,
- wooing,
- working on