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solicitude

[suh-lis-i-tood, -tyood] / səˈlɪs ɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /


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Indeed, goodness seems like too active a word for this novel; the principal virtue, instead, is solicitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Rightly or wrongly decided, Yoder fit the mission statement that guided the court throughout the middle of the 20th century: The Amish deserved judicial solicitude because they were literally a “discrete and insular minority.”

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025

In his review, Roger Ebert marveled at Bates’ talent for oscillating from “sweet solicitude to savage scorn.”

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

We’d already called for a Lyft so we didn’t take them up on the offer but were still touched by their solicitude.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

This was said with a careless, abstracted indifference, which showed that my solicitude was, at least in his opinion, wholly superfluous.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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