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solicitude

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so⋅lic⋅i⋅tude

  [suh-lis-i-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
2. solicitudes, causes of anxiety or care.
3. an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to show great solicitude about his wife's health.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L sollicitūdō uneasiness of mind, deriv. of sollicitus agitated. See solicit, -tude

Synonyms:
1. worry, care, unease, disquietude, apprehension.
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so·lic·i·tude   (sə-lĭs'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  

  1. The state of being solicitous; care or concern, as for the well-being of another. See Synonyms at anxiety.

  2. A cause of anxiety or concern. Often used in the plural.

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