importuning

The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment.

Noun

  1. The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment.
    • 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. - 2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 185:

Forms

importunings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of importune