Temptation

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  • noun. The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
  • noun. Something tempting or enticing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of testing or trying; trial. [Archaic.]
  • noun. Enticement to evil, as by specious argument, flattery, or the offer of some real or apparent good.
  • noun. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
  • noun. That which tempts, or entices to evil; an enticement; an allurement; any tempting or alluring object.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
  • noun. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
  • noun. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of tempting
  • noun. The condition of being tempted.
  • noun. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
  • noun. Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
  • noun. something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
  • noun. the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
    • Word Usage
    "Accordingly it was found that the poor old trot could say only, _Lead us into temptation, or Lead us not into no temptation_."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    desire  
    Rhyme
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affliction  annoyance  apprehension  attraction  calamity  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agacerie  allure  allurement  ambition  appeal  
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