solicitation
noun/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.
1
the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
- "The instances you have quoted," replied the other, "are certainly very encouraging! Homer past a life in blindness and beggary; Columbus, in vain solicitation and feverish disappointment; and Luther's was spent in struggle, imprisonment, and danger...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Secretaryship”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 127:
- Derived terms
- antisolicitation, nonsolicitation, resolicitation
- Related terms
- applicant