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Noun: solicitation  su,li-su'tey-shun
  1. An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
    "a solicitation to the king for relief"
     
  2. Request for a sum of money
    - appeal, collection, ingathering
     
  3. The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
    - allurement

Derived forms: solicitations

Type of: appeal, enticement, entreaty, petition, postulation, prayer, request, suppliance, temptation

Encyclopedia: Solicitation

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