solicitation

noun

the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

request for a sum of money

an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status

Roots

sollicitussolicit- · Latin · anxious, aroused

Synonyms for solicitation

solicitingv allurementn inducementn exhortationn hortationn

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