Temptation

Definition of Temptation

Temp`ta´tion

n.	1.	The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction. When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. - Luke iv. 13.
	2.	The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil. Lead us not into temptation. - Luke xi. 4.
	3.	That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil. Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it, and lay the bright temptation down. - Dryden.

Related Words

agacerie, allure, allurement, ambition, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, bait, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishment, cajolery, cajoling, captivating, captivation, catch, charisma, charm, charmingness, coaxing, come-hither, come-on, dearest wish, decoy, desideration, desideratum, desire, draw, enchantment, enthrallment, enticement, enticing, entrapment, fascination, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour, glimmering goal, golden vision, hope, inducement, interest, inveiglement, invitation, lodestone, lure, magnet, magnetism, persuading, persuasion, plum, prize, pull, seducement, seducing, seduction, seductiveness, sex appeal, snare, snaring, tantalization, tempting, trap, trophy, winning ways, winsomeness, wish, witchery, wooing

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