Antonyms for solicitation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suh-lis-i-tey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : səˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən

Definition of solicitation

Origin : late 15c., "management," from Middle French solicitation and directly from Latin solicitationem (nominative solicitatio) "vexation, disturbance, instigation," noun of action from past participle stem of solicitare (see solicit). Meaning "action of soliciting" is from 1520s. Specific sexual sense is from c.1600.

As in invitation : noun proposal; asking
As in attraction : noun ability to draw attention; something that draws attention
As in petition : noun appeal, plea
As in plea : noun begging request
As in request : noun question or petition
As in suit : noun appeal, request
As in behest : noun order; personal decree
As in call : noun demand, announcement
As in supplication : noun appeal
As in imploration : noun appeal
As in demand : noun question, request
As in desire : noun request
As in appeal : noun request for help
As in application : noun request

Example sentences :

After the husband is deserted, the children are objects of her solicitation, and they are visited.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

For he would not have assumed the office but for her solicitation, she knew well.
Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden

On the way Winnifred, at the solicitation of the Marchioness, related her story.
Extract from : « Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels » by Stephen Leacock

At my solicitation he gave me a hearing—at his own home—treated me best in the world.
Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson

The dog will worry us by its fuss, its solicitation, its desire to be petted.
Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys

There was nothing equivalent to solicitation or inducement from beginning to end.
Extract from : « The Rover of the Andes » by R.M. Ballantyne

But solicitation and expostulation were thrown away on Grenville.
Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Woolridge's itself was a perpetual tempting and solicitation.
Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair

Expressionless, save for a glance of solicitation at her father's back.
Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill

You would not have solicited his acceptance, but yielded to his solicitation of yours.
Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney

Synonyms for solicitation

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