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Solicitation

Definition: Solicitation

Solicitation

Noun

1. An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief".

2. Request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children".

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "solicitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)


Synonyms: Solicitation

Synonyms: allurement (n), appeal (n), collection (n), ingathering (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Solicitation

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Motive

Persuasibility, persuasibleness; attractability; impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization. influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation; press, instigation; provocation; (excitation of feeling); inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice; solicitation; (request); lobbyism; pull.

Request

Mendicancy; asking, begging; Verb: postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance,

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Solicitation

English words defined with "solicitation": beg, beggary, beggingCauses of instance, Court of RequestsImpetration, Importunee, importunity, Incompliantmendicancypromiscuoussolicit, Soliitationtapurgency, urgingwhip-round. (references)
Specialty definitions using "solicitation": community planning director, community chestdirector of major or capital gifts, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, director, council of social agencies, director, federated fund, DIRECTOR, FUNDRAISING, DIRECTOR, FUNDS DEVELOPMENT, director, underwriter sales, DIRECTOR, UNDERWRITER SOLICITATION, director, united fundexecutive, community planningInternet Network Information Centerloan originationmailing-listOranges. (references)
Etymologies containing "solicitation": Soliitation. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Solicitation

DomainTitle

Books

  • Attorney Generals Summary of Results of Charitable Solicitation by Commercial Fundraisers in California (reference)

  • Birth of a salesman : lawyer advertising and solicitation (reference)

  • Charitable solicitation fraud : hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, March 24, 1994 (reference)

  • Creating the Performance-Based Solicitation (reference)

  • Major Gifts: Solicitation Strategies (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Solicitation

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Successful projects may include feasibility studies, clinical protocol planning, and efforts to incorporate new disciplines and technologies into the study of FSHD. In developing this solicitation, the NIH built on the insights we gained from the scientific conference cited above. (references)

In January of 2001, NIAMS and NINDS partnered again to issue a program announcement with funds set aside to support research on understanding and developing therapies for the muscular dystrophies, including FSHD. This solicitation is described in the following discussion of Duchenne muscular dystrophy discussion. (references)

Business

Specifications are normally included in the solicitation package. (references)

Examples of this include unsolicited contact by phone, fax, E-mail, or telex, subliminal advertising, street solicitation, or "snowball," pyramid or structural marketing. (references)

Southern Electric International (now Southern Energy Inc.) signed a right-of-first-refusal agreement in 1994 for Planta Centro, but Fondo de Inversiones canceled that agreement to offer the plant through an open solicitation. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

On certain unspecified occasions, procurement could be on direct solicitation. (references)

Tanzania

Selling factors/techniques would be by direct solicitation or traditional sources of supplies. (references)

New Zealand

Direct marketing started in New Zealand with direct mail solicitation, often for articles of apparel. (references)

Political Economy

Congo

Security forces were responsible for extrajudicial killings, as well as summary executions, rapes, beatings, physical abuse of detainees and the civilian population, arbitrary arrest and detention, looting, and solicitation of bribes. (references)

Women

Singapore

Public solicitation, living on the earnings of a prostitute, and maintaining a brothel are illegal. (references)

Singapore

The authorities periodically carry out crackdowns on solicitation for prostitution, and arrest and deport foreign prostitutes, particularly when their activities take place outside of informally designated red light areas. (references)

Worker Rights

India

In addition, under the PITA prostitution is not a crime; the PITA criminalizes only solicitation or engaging in sex acts in or near a public place. (references)

France

Prostitution is legal; however, the law prohibits pimping, including aiding, assisting, maintaining, or profiting from the prostitution of another, and the public solicitation of another person for the purpose of inciting sexual relations also is illegal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Solicitation

"Solicitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Solicitation" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2865,706

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Solicitation

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "solicitation": non-solicitation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Solicitation

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

phone solicitation

48

call phone solicitation

3

letter solicitation

38

donation letter sample solicitation

3

solicitation

29

guard national solicitation

3

letter sample solicitation

12

bid solicitation

3

stop phone solicitation

10

list phone solicitation

3

no solicitation

9

example letter solicitation

3

no phone solicitation

7

proxy solicitation

3

call no solicitation

6

non solicitation

2

law solicitation

6

network service solicitation tri

2

call solicitation

6

murder solicitation

2

non solicitation agreement

6

call phone solicitation stop

2

no sign solicitation

6

government phone solicitation

2

block phone solicitation

6

letter solicitation write

2

list no solicitation

6

card credit solicitation

2

phone solicitation law

5

letter solicitation writing

2

call solicitation stop

4

service solicitation tri

2

donation letter solicitation

4

list no phone solicitation

2

list non solicitation

3

list no phone solicitation

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Solicitation

Language Translations for "solicitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kërkesë (application, bidding, call, claim, clamor, clamour, demand, desire, exaction, instance, need, obsecration, petition, request, requirement, run, suit, supplication, want), joshje (attraction, bait, draw, enticement, inveiglement, seduction, temptation). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), ‏توسل (beg, beseech, entreat, entreaty, implore, invoke, petition, petition for smth., solicit, sue, supplicate, supplication), ‏تحريض (agitation, incendiary, incitation, incitement, instigation, sedition), ‏إغراء (allurement, appeal, bait, glamor, glamour, invitation, seduction, temptation). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ходатайство (intercession), търсене (demand, hunting, looking for, market, quest, request, requisition, research, run, scanning, search, seeking), настояване (averment, instance), молба (adjuration, appeal, application, boon, desire, obsecration, obtestation, petition, plea, prayer, request, suit, supplication), просба (plea, suit), привлекателност (allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, congeniality, desirability, glamor, glamour, pizzazz, prettiness, relish, seduction, sightliness). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

垦请. (various references)

   

Czech

  

naléhavá žádost. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تقاضا (Importance, Plea, Postulate, Prayer, Request, Requirement, Suit), تشجیع , خواستاری , التماس (Appeal, Entreaty), درخواست (Appeal, Demand, Postulate, Request, Suit). (various references)

   

French

  

sollicitation. (various references)

   

German

  

Bewerbung (ad, application, candidacy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παράκληση (entreaty, invocation, orison, prayer, request, request for, rogation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ש"ול (cajolery, coaxing, persuasion). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kérelmezés. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sollecitazione (canvass, dun, request, strain, stress), istigazione (abetment, incitement, instigation), adescamento (bait, enticement, lure, soliciting). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

勧誘 (canvassing, encouragement, inducement, invitation, persuasion). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そきゅう (appeal, redemption, retroactivity, tracing back), せいたく, か"ゆう (canvassing, encouragement, government-owned, inducement, invitation, persuasion), ""ぼう (club, cudgel, earnest request, entreaty, mixed spinning, mixed yarn, stick), ""もう (earnest request, entreaty, root hair). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

간청 (Soliciting). (various references)

   

Manx

  

shirrey (apply, cast about, endeavour, go after, prospect, request, require, search, seek, seeking, solicit, soliciting), aggindys (eagerness, earnestness, willingness). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olicitationsay

   

Portuguese

  

solicitação (application, asking, canvass, request, requisition), rogo (entreaty, obtestation, plea, prayer, suit), pedido (application, demand, order, request, suit), convite (bidding, call, calling, engagement, invitation, invite). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

stãruinţã (assiduity, constancy, diligence, hardness, insistence, patience, perseverance, persistence, steadfastness, steadiness, tenacity, zeal), solicitare (call, force, load, request, requirement, requisition, strain, stress), cerere stãruitoare, acostare (accosting, landing, moorage). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

настойчивая просьба, подстрекательство (abetment, fomentation, incendiarism, incitement, instigation, rabble-rousing, sedition). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

traženje (hunt, hunting, looking for, pursuit, quest, request, requirement, search, tracer), posredovanje (agency, broking, intercession, intermediation, intervention, mediation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

solicitación (appeal, application, canvass, request). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

värvning (enlistment, enrollment, enrolment, recruitment), enträgen bön (entreaty, plea). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

talep (application, charge, claim, demand, petition, plea, request, requisition, run, sale), taciz etme, rica (adjuration, appeal, entreaty, I request, instance, intercession, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, request, suit, supplication), kışkırtma (agitation, agitprop, fomentation, incitation, incitement, instigation, prod, provocation, pyrotechnics, sedition, urge), istem (demand, request, volition), davetkâr konuşma, ısrarla isteme (exaction). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

настирливе прохання, адвокатура (advocacy), підбурювання (abetment, dare, encouragement, fomentation, incendiarism, incitement, instigation, promotion). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự níu kéo, sự n i xin sự gạ gẫm, sự khẩn khoản, sự ch i khách sự xúi giục. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Solicitation

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old French900-1400

instance. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Solicitation

Derivations

Words beginning with "solicitation": solicitations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Solicitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: solicitaion, solititation, sollicitation. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Solicitation"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "solicitation" (pronounced suli'sutā"shun)
7-s u t ā" sh u ncetacean, incapacitation, recitation, resuscitation.
6-u t ā" sh u naccreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, sanitation, vegetation, visitation.
5-t ā" sh u nadaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Solicitation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coalitionist.

Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-t"

-2 letters: ciliations, coalitions, solicitant.

-3 letters: ciliation, citations, coalition, coitional, isolation, locations, siltation.

-4 letters: citation, coitions, colistin, colonist, coolants, initials, inositol, isatinic, isotonic, location, octanols, oscitant, ostinati, ostinato, solation, stiction, stolonic, tactions.

-5 letters: actions, alnicos, altoist, atonics, cations, catlins, citolas, coition, colitis, coolant, cottons, incisal, initial, italics, latinos, lattins, liaison, litotic, lotions, octanol, octants, oilcans, oolitic.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: coalitionists, solicitations.

 

+2 letters: emotionalistic.

 

+3 letters: anticolonialist, colonizationist, microtonalities, politicizations.

 

+4 letters: anticolonialists, colonizationists, conditionalities, operationalistic.

 

+5 letters: collectivizations, constitutionalism, constitutionalist, constitutionality, constitutionalize, controllabilities, conventionalities, depoliticizations, fictionalizations, pictorializations, politicalizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Solicitation


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 6C 69 63 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#105 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 006C 0069 0063 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

538178756975866786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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