Associations to the word «Solicitation»

Wiktionary

SOLICITATION, noun. The action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal.

Dictionary definition

SOLICITATION, noun. An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief".
SOLICITATION, noun. Request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children".
SOLICITATION, noun. The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope