Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Elicitation \E*lic`i*ta"tion\, n.
   The act of eliciting. [Obs.] --Abp. Bramhall.

Source : WordNet®

elicitation
     n : stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class
         of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not
         easy" [syn: {evocation}, {induction}]