importuning
English
Noun
importuning (plural importunings)
- The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment.
- 2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 185:
- She should never have married him, never have yielded to his importunings, never have weakened in her determination to provide for herself and her son.
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