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Solicitation

noun

An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status.

Request for a sum of money. Synonyms: appeal, collection, ingathering.

The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money). Synonym: allurement.

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"Solicitation" Quotes from Famous Books

... an offer of them to neither; but stood still with them at the corner of an hotel, for those to buy who chose it without solicitation. ...

— A Sentimental Journey • Laurence Sterne

... with continual solicitations. Samson withstood his Delilah for a while, but she got the mastery of him at the last; why so? Because he wanted patience, he grew angry and was vexed, and could withstand her solicitation no longer. (Judges 16:15-17) Many there be also, that can well enough be contented to shut sin out of doors for a while; but because sin has much fair speech, therefore it overcomes at last. (Prov. 7:21) For sin and iniquity will not be easily ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... occasions thereof, which are found to be these especially, extremity of grief, malice, passion, and desire of revenge, pinching povertie, solicitation of other Witches and Charmers; for in such eases the devill assails them, offers aide, ...

— The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland

... very foolish and hazardous of you to have returned there at that hour, dear," she declared with sweet solicitation, as she drew on her white gloves preparatory to leaving the restaurant, for I had already paid the ...

— The Sign of Silence • William Le Queux

... butter-beans for a moment and assumed a listening attitude, and without any further solicitation, and in the natural course of events, the ...

— Aunt Jane of Kentucky • Eliza Calvert Hall

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