"solicitation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ Forms: solicitations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|sollicitation}} Middle French sollicitation, {{der|en|la|sollicitātiō}} Latin sollicitātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} solicitation (countable and uncountable, plural solicitations)
  1. the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: petition, appeal Translations (instance of soliciting): хода́тайство (hodátajstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), anomus (Finnish), pyyntö (Finnish), sollicitation [feminine] (French), შუამდგომლობა (šuamdgomloba) (Georgian), შუამავლობა (šuamavloba) (Georgian), თხოვნა (txovna) (Georgian), ზეგავლენა (zegavlena) (Georgian), წაქეზება (c̣akezeba) (Georgian), საქმეთა წარმოება (sakmeta c̣armoeba) (Georgian), याचना (yācnā) (Hindi), sollecitazione [feminine] (Italian), richiesta [feminine] (Italian), хода́тайство (xodátajstvo) [neuter] (Russian), solicitación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-solicitation-en-noun-HBYFKhXl Disambiguation of 'instance of soliciting': 88 12
  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 Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Directives
    Sense id: en-solicitation-en-noun-YDAJzIlD Disambiguation of Directives: 23 77 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: applicant

Inflected forms

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