| NOUN | communication | solicitation | an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status |
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| communication | solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering | request for a sum of money | |
| act | solicitation, allurement | the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) |
| Sounds | sahlih.sihtey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status. | |
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| Example | "a solicitation to the king for relief" | |
| Narrower | beggary, begging, mendicancy | A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
| importunity, urgency, urging | insistent solicitation and entreaty | |
| touch | The act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) | |
| Broader | entreaty, prayer, appeal | earnest or urgent request |
| Spanish | petición, solicitación, solicitud | |
| Catalan | sol·licitació | |
| Verbs | solicit | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something |
| Meaning | request for a sum of money. | |
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| Synonyms | appeal, collection, ingathering | |
| Narrower | whip-round | (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose |
| Broader | request, petition, postulation | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority |
| Spanish | colecta, petición, petitoria, solicitud | |
| Catalan | col·lecta | |
| Meaning | The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money). | |
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| Synonym | allurement | |
| Broader | enticement, temptation | The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire |
| Catalan | temptació | |
| Verbs | solicit | approach with an offer of sexual favors |
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